The COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta was part of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The province of Alberta had the third-most cases of COVID-19 in Canada, behind Ontario and Quebec.
Jason Kenney, the Premier of Alberta, working closely with the Emergency Management Cabinet Committee, followed the recommendations of Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, in response to the "rapidly evolving global threat". A state of public health emergency was declared on March 17. Alberta's public health laboratory greatly increased tests for COVID-19, reaching 1,000 a day by March 8, and 3,000 a day by March 26. Hinshaw said that by March 20, "World-wide, Alberta has been conducting among the highest number of tests per capita." As of March 18, 2022, 6,905,190 tests have been conducted in Alberta. On June 12, the entire province of Alberta moved to Stage 2 of the government's economic relaunch plan.
The peak of the first wave was reached on April 30, 2020, when the number of active cases of COVID-19 in the province reached 3,022. By October 19, 2020, during the second wave, the number of active cases reached 3,138.
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