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One resident with COVID-19 living in a seniors care facility in Edmonton died Friday and Alberta’s top doctor announced new staffing rules to stop the outbreak in continuing care homes across the province.

A person living in the senior’s rental apartments at Kensington Village campus of care was one of seven COVID-19-related deaths recorded in Alberta Friday — the highest number of new fatalities seen so far in a single day.

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Workers in all long-term care and supportive living facilities in the province will now be restricted to working at one site only and required to wear protective masks.

The new restrictions are necessary to prevent the spread of infection to and among elderly people who are at a high risk of severe outcomes from this illness, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said at an update on COVID-19.

“We know we have several outbreaks in long-term care facilities in our province, and we know that unfortunately … part of the problem has been workers who are moving from facility to facility, and who may not have been aware, had mild symptoms, and then potentially exposed other facilities.”