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At least 472 health-care workers in Alberta — including 22 doctors — have contracted COVID-19 since the outbreak began, says the province.

The vast majority of those infections — 338 — have been in Calgary, which has been Alberta’s hot spot of overall infections and deaths resulting from the virus.

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Of the province’s total cases, 181 remain active illnesses while 291 health-care workers have recovered and none has died.

“This total includes anyone who self-reported as a health-care worker during the testing process, not just AHS staff. This includes nurses, physicians, workers at continuing-care facilities, etc.” Alberta Health spokesman Tom McMillan said in a statement Tuesday.

“The vast majority of cases are believed to have acquired their infection outside of the workplace.”

Of the 472 cases, 137 were Alberta Health Services staff, with 12 of them exposed in the workplace.

“None of the exposures were the result of faulty personal protective equipment,” AHS said in a statement, noting that none of the infected doctors contracted COVID-19 while working in hospitals or clinics.