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Alberta has identified three more cases of coronavirus, raising the tally to seven, the province’s chief medical officer of health said Monday.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw said the new cases — one in the Edmonton area and two in the Calgary area — are linked to recent travel or close contact with people who have tested positive for the COVID-19 illness.

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“Quickly catching these cases before they have a chance to spread is exactly what our approach is designed to do,” Hinshaw said.

A woman in her 70s in the Edmonton area is the fifth case. She had close contact with a man who was announced Friday with a presumptive case of COVID-19. The woman was also on board the Grand Princess cruise ship before returning to Alberta on Feb. 21.

The sixth case is a man in his 30s in the Calgary area who had recently travelled to Ukraine, Turkey and the Netherlands. He is a close contact of a woman whose illness was reported Sunday. The man’s symptoms began after his return on March 2.