Alberta’s chief public health officer, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, is expected to provide a COVID-19 update on Tuesday as the Omicron variant continues to spread across the province.

Hinshaw reported on Thursday a total of 1,625 new cases of COVID-19. She is expected to update the case numbers from the holiday weekend -- Thursday was the last day the provincial pandemic dashboard was updated.

Last week, the province’s positivity rate was standing at 13.6 per cent, with about 11,800 tests completed in the previous 24 hours from Hinshaw’s report.

The Omicron variant is spreading much faster than Delta in Alberta, with doubling times of just two to three days. Because of that, contact tracing case investigations for people working in continuing care and health-care will be prioritized and PCR testing capacity will be reserved for high risk groups. Anyone with symptoms is asked to isolate and take a rapid test.

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