What you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Thursday, March 26

The latest:

• Alberta may need to free up 2,250 hospital beds over the next few weeks to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak, according to an AHS official.
• The provincereported 67 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total in the province to 486.
• All staff at the T&T Supermarket in Pacific Place Mall in Calgary have been sent home and the store is closed for cleaning after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.
• A seniors' care home in southeast Calgary where one woman died has eight more confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 13.
• There are three confirmed cases in two Edmonton seniors' care homes. Aside from the seniors' care home in Calgary,no other group home recorded additional positivecases over the past 24 hours.
• Alberta is poised to suffer the largest economic decline in Canada this year,according to a new forecast from RBC Economics.
• A care home for adults with developmental disabilities in Calgary has three confirmed cases.
• Alberta has conducted more tests than any other province, but will refocus and reduce those numbers due to limited testing supplies.
• Alberta health inspectors are fielding over 1,600 complaints a day regarding others failing to abide by health orders.
• The Alberta government has extended a wage freeze for non-unionized public employees to April 2021.
• Law enforcement in Alberta now has the power to enforce public health orders.
• Daycare spaces for children of essential workers will reopen.

What you need to know today in Alberta:

The virus has started infiltrating seniors' homes in the province, raising serious concerns for a segment of the population that is at extreme risk from COVID-19. There has already been one death and there's now an outbreak in the southeast Calgary facility where that death occurred.

Two seniors' care homes in Edmonton Shepherd's Care Kensington Village and Rosedale on the Park have confirmed cases, and Nelson Home, a care facility for adults with developmental disabilities in Calgary, has three confirmed cases.

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That news comes as Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, announced new rules for seniors' care homes, including enhanced cleaning, new policies for shared spaces and mandatory health screening for all staff, residents and visitors.

In midst of the pandemic, industries continue to struggle and fret. Canada's agriculture industry is warning of higher prices and potential food shortages if it isn't designated an essential service and allowed to carry on business as usual during the outbreak.

Beyond essential services, the province's film industry is reeling from a complete shut down, putting thousands of jobs and millions of dollars on the line.

As of Thursday, the majority of the cases in Alberta are located in the Calgary zone. By region, the number of cases:

• Calgary zone: 300.
• Edmonton zone: 111.
• Central zone: 37.
• North zone: 26.
• South zone: 12.

What you need to know today in Canada:

Travellers entering Canada are now required to self-isolate for 14 days and could face penalties, or evenjail time, if they do not comply. There can be some exceptions for health-care workers and truckers.

On Wednesday, the federal government merged two previous programs into one in an attempt to quicklyget money into the hands of Canadians who are losing income due to the pandemic.

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The Canada Emergency Response Benefit will provide eligible workers $2,000 a month for four months.

As of 6:30p.m. ET Thursday, there were more than 4,000confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 in Canada, with 39deaths and 225cases listed as recovered or resolved.(Not all provinces are listing details about recoveries.)One Canadian has also died abroad, in Japan.

A Canadian has died abroad, in Japan. Dr. Theresa Tam, the chief public health officer of Canada,said the COVID-19 related death was an individual who had been a passenger on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which was an early hot spot for the virus.

Self-assessment:

Alberta Health Services has an online self-assessment tool that you can use to determine if you have symptoms of COVID-19.

Testing is focused on individuals who are most at risk from the virus, or those most at risk of passing it on to others.

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The province says Albertans who have returned to Canada after March 12 must self-isolate for 14 days. Unless your situation is critical and requires a call to 911, Albertans are advised to call Health Link at 811 before visiting a physician, hospital or other health-care facility.

If you have symptoms, even mild, you are to self-isolate from onset for10 days or longer if the illness persists.

You can find Alberta Health Services' latest coronavirus updates here.