COVID-19. (Alberta Health Services)

By David Opinko

AHS reports record 30 COVID deaths Thursday

Dec 17, 2020 | 4:02 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Alberta Health Services has released Thursday’s report on COVID-19, detailing the numbers that were confirmed in the past 24 hours.

1,571 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 86,168. Of those, 19,865 cases are active while 65,513 people have recovered.

Approximately 84 per cent of the new infections were in the Edmonton and Calgary Zones who saw 760 and 552 positive tests respectively.

Meanwhile, in the South Zone, 34 people contracted the virus with 13 of them in Lethbridge.

Since yesterday’s update, 30 Albertans have died from COVID-19 including 17 in the Edmonton Zone, 12 in the Calgary Zone, and one in the Central Zone.

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This marks a new record for the single-day death toll in the province, meaning the virus has now claimed the lives of 790 people.

Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw says not all of these deaths took place over the past 24 hours, but rather, they were reported to the AHS system in that period.

“This is the highest figure I have had the sad task of reporting. If anyone still needs reminding of the seriousness of this virus, of the importance of the restrictions that are currently in place, and the importance of doing everything possible to limit our interactions and break the chains of transmission, this is it.”

Provincially, 763 patients are currently hospitalized and 138 have been admitted to intensive care.

With another 19,852 tests completed over the last day, there has now been a total of 2,582,182 tests done on 1,594,242 different people.

The regional breakdown for COVID-19 in Alberta is as follows:

• Edmonton zone – 36,925 cases, 9,525 active
  • 396 deaths (17 new)
  • 420 in hospital, 83 in ICU
• Calgary zone – 33,672 cases, 7,043 active
  • 256 deaths (12 new)
  • 229 in hospital, 40 in ICU
• North zone – 5,726 cases, 1,214 active
  • 57 deaths
  • 34 in hospital, seven in ICU
• Central zone – 4,940 cases, 1,462 active
  • 28 deaths (one new)
  • 64 in hospital, four in ICU
• South zone – 4,674 cases, 541 active
  • 52 deaths
  • 16 in hospital, four in ICU

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

• Brooks – 1,324 cases, 34 active, 14 deaths
• Lethbridge – 1,305 cases (13 new), 196 active, seven deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 489 cases (one new), 61 active, two deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 408 cases (10 new), 51 active, three deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 408 cases (two new), 84 active, two deaths
• Lethbridge County – 398 cases, 48 active, three deaths
• Medicine Hat – 396 cases (four new), 84 active, five deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 295 cases (two new), 28 active, six deaths
• Cardston County – 235 cases (three new), 54 active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 143 cases (two new), 10 active, two deaths
• Cypress County – 135 cases, 12 active, zero deaths
• County of Newell – 135 cases, 16 active, two deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 113 cases, one active, two deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 87 cases (five new), 40 active, two deaths
• Fort Macleod – 64 cases (six new), 14 active, three deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – Ten cases, three active, zero deaths