Alberta sees 40 new cases of COVID-19 infections Saturday

– Calgary zone: 223 active cases and 4,606 recovered

– South zone: 18 active cases and 1,219 recovered

– Edmonton zone: 76 active cases and 505 recovered

– North zone: 17 active cases and 218 recovered

– Central zone: 0 active cases and 96 recovered

– 2 active case and 12 recovered cases in zones to be confirmed

– Additional information, including case totals, is online.

To date, 694 cases have an unknown exposure.
So far, labs have performed 287,671 tests on 259,031 Albertans, with 5,692 tests completed in the last 24 hours.
Deaths total 146: 107 in the Calgary zone; 16 in the North zone; 13 in the Edmonton zone; 9 in the South Zone; and 1 in the Central zone.
There are 29 active cases and 688 recovered cases at continuing care facilities; 112 facility residents have died.

The breakdown by regional health zone is as follows:

Calgary zone – 4,936 cases,223 active
- 107 deaths
- 31 in hospital, four in ICU
- 122,755 tests
South zone –1,246 cases, 18 active
- Nine deaths
- Two in hospital, one in ICU
- 20,039 tests
Edmonton zone – 594 cases, 76 active
- 13 deaths
- Six in hospital, one in ICU
- 71,281 tests
North zone – 251 cases, 17 active
- 16 deaths
- Five in hospital
- 19,998 tests
Central zone – 97 cases, zero active
- One death
- 20,592 tests

The breakdown for the South Health Zone by community is as follows:

Brooks – 1,095 cases, two active, eight deaths
Medicine Hat – 43 cases, three active
Lethbridge – 30 cases, three active
- South Lethbridge – 14 cases, one active
- West Lethbridge – 13 cases, one active
- North Lethbridge – Three cases, zero active
Cardston County – 27 cases, four active
Cypress County – 18 cases, five active
County of Newell – 15 cases, one active
Fort Macleod – Five cases, zero active
Special Areas No. 2 – Two cases, zero active, one death
M.D. of Taber – Two cases, zero active
County of Forty Mile – Two cases, zero active
Lethbridge County – One case, zero active

by Connor Gunn