In the battle against COVID, the province of Alberta is holding steady with nearly 5,000 active cases. More than 300 people are hospitalized with the illness, 53 of those in intensive care units. Nine more people have died, including four from the Calgary area and three from the Edmonton region.
All that is in spite of the intransigence of churches that refuse to comply with public health orders, citing religious freedom as a justification for spreading disease.