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An Edmonton-area man is the second reported presumptive case of the novel coronavirus in Alberta, the province’s chief medical officer of health confirmed Friday.

The man, who is in his 40s, had been travelling in the United States and paid visits to Michigan, Illinois and Ohio before returning to Alberta on Feb. 28. The man is now in self-isolation but the case wasn’t detected until Friday.

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The latest case is less than 24 hours after the province announced a Calgary woman may have contracted the virus while on the Grand Princess cruise ship.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw told media Friday health officials only learned about the latest presumptive case about an hour prior to a scheduled news conference.

“Because this lab result just came back, we do not yet have details on this person’s activities since they returned from their trip, but I’m sharing this information in order to be transparent and to meet our goal of sharing information with the public when we have it,” she said. “I know many Albertans have concerns, we continue to treat this very seriously. I want to stress that the risk of getting sick from COVID-19 remains low at this time in Alberta.”