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By Connor Gunn

13 new COVID cases in Lethbridge Friday

Jan 8, 2021 | 4:28 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB– Alberta Health Services released its update on COVID-19 for Friday, detailing statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.

1,183 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 109,652. Of those, 13,628 cases are active while 94,783 people have recovered.

In the South Zone, 29 people tested positive with 13 in Lethbridge.

Active infections in the region have risen slightly to 262 but rose by a small amount in the city to 86.

Currently, there are 1,241 deaths for COVID in Alberta to date.

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Provincially, 851 patients are currently hospitalized and 135 have been admitted to intensive care.

With another 16,765 tests conducted over the past day, there has now been a total of 2,905,255 tests done on 1,684,547 people in Alberta.

The provincial breakdown by health zone is as follows:

Edmonton Zone – 46,793 cases, 5,483 active

• 658 deaths (12 new)
• 441 in hospital, 61 in ICU

Calgary Zone – 41,905 cases, 4,839 active

• 393 deaths (nine new)
• 237 in hospital, 47 in ICU

North Zone – 8,036 cases, 1,508 active

• 74 deaths
• 65 in hospital, seven in ICU

Central Zone – 7,507 cases, 1,460 active

• 52 deaths (one new)
• 90 in hospital, 17 in ICU

South Zone – 5,196 cases, 262 active

• 64 deaths
• 18 in hospital, three in ICU

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

Brooks – 1,355 cases (one new), 14 active, 14 deaths

Lethbridge – 1,476 cases (13 new), 86 active, 10 deaths (one new)

• West Lethbridge – 537 cases (one new), 23 active, two deaths
• South Lethbridge – 480 cases (three new), 36 active, six deaths (one new)
• North Lethbridge – 459 cases (nine new), 27 active, two deaths

Medicine Hat – 487 cases (five new), 37 active, nine deaths

Lethbridge County – 458 cases, 35 active, seven deaths

M.D. of Taber – 318 cases, 11 active, six deaths

Cardston County – 306 cases, 36 active, six deaths

County of Warner – 147 cases, four active, two deaths

County of Newell – 145 cases, six active, two deaths

Cypress County – 144 cases, six active, zero deathS

M.D. of Pincher Creek – 118 cases, 17 active, three deaths

County of Forty Mile – 114 cases, one active, two deaths

Fort Macleod – 71 cases (one new), two active, three deaths

Crowsnest Pass – 12 cases, one active, zero deaths