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Calgary's COVID-19 Cases Are Skyrocketing & Almost Doubled In Just One Week

The Calgary Zone is leading the province once again. 😫
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Alberta reported 114 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, September 2. 

While Edmonton previously led the province, Calgary's COVID-19 cases have pulled in front, nearly doubling where they were at just last week.

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632 active cases

Currently in the Calgary Zone

Meanwhile, YYC only had 363 cases just last Wednesday according to the Calgary Herald.  

The province currently has 1,403 active COVID-19 infections, with 538 in the Edmonton Zone, says the provincial data.  

The province outlines several current outbreaks in and around the city of Calgary. 

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    • Britanny Burr was a Staff Writer at Narcity Canada, who drove growth within Narcity's Western coverage and readership. Having lived between her hometown, Canmore, Alberta and Calgary, Montreal, Vancouver, and NYC over the past 10 years, she is obsessed with finding the best local hot spots. She holds a B.A. in English and has over six years of professional writing experience as Head Writer and Editor for YUL.Buzz in Montreal, and Creative Copywriter at JAKT in NYC. News by day, poetry by night — the written word is Britanny's nearest and dearest.

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