Alberta records new daily high of 1,105 COVID-19 cases Thursday, 8 additional deaths But this time, everybody wasn’t fine.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“My aunt the next day ended up not feeling good and then she ended up getting tested for COVID and was positive,” Smith said.Smith then tested positive and then eight more relatives did all at different times.“At the beginning it’s like, ‘No I don’t think I have it,’ and then it hits you, it’s like holy moly this is intense,” Smith said.She says her symptoms at first were mild but then got worse — fatigue, chest pain and chills.“I definitely was scared.