Tyler Shandro will no longer be the minister of health in Alberta as of Tuesday afternoon, according to government officials.

Jason Copping, the current minister of labour and immigration, will take his place, sources say. 

Premier Jason Kenney has scheduled a news conference at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to announce a cabinet shuffle. CBC News will carry it live here. 

The announcements come as Alberta struggles with a devastating fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that has brought the province’s health-care system to the brink of collapse.

There were 20,614 active cases as of Monday — far more than twice as many as any other