“We really are at a point that is critical. What we know from looking around at other jurisdictions is that when Covid starts to spread widely it can very quickly escalate,” said Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, in her Tuesday update.  

“With respect to our current situation in the province, we have not seen that yet. Again, we thankfully have been able to bend the curve a little bit in Edmonton, but we are not out of the woods, so I would say right now we’re in a danger zone where the coming weeks will really tell that story …”

There are 177 active Covid-19 cases in Alberta's south zone with today's update as the zone total climbs to 2,018.