Alberta's chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw provided a COVID-19 update Monday.

Dr. Hinshaw reported that there were 133 new confirmed cases on Friday, 184 new cases on Saturday and 109 new cases on Sunday.

That brings the total number of active COVID-19 cases in Alberta to 1,370.

Dr. Hinshaw apologized for a health order she signed over the weekend, which said students will not be required to distance from one another when seated in their desks in classrooms when they return to school this week. She said the order was meant to be transparent.

The order, which outlines measures meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19, was released this weekend without notice and says that “an operator of a school does not need to ensure that students, staff members and visitors are able to maintain a minimum of two metres distance from every other person when a student, staff member or visitor is seated at desk or table.”

It also specifies that the distancing does not need to be maintained between students who are within a classroom where instruction is taking place, and where desks and chairs are arranged in a manner to prevent people from facing one another.

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