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Anyone with primary COVID-19 symptoms in Alberta will now have access to testing, the province’s chief medical officer of health said Monday.

Smaller expansions over the weekend included testing for seniors, Calgary residents and essential workers, but Dr. Deena Hinshaw said during Monday’s update that Alberta Health Services (AHS) is opening testing to anyone with COVID-19 symptoms. The volume of completed tests will be monitored in case requests for testing surpasses the capacity to perform them, Hinshaw said.

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“With this change going forward, we will see a further increase in the number of cases confirmed every day,” she said, adding that an increase has already been seen with the smaller expansions.

“I know seeing this increase in numbers may be a concern to some but it’s important to remember that the number of daily confirmed cases, as a per cent of the tests done every day, has remained approximately similar through the past several weeks.”