Covid-19

By Dori Modney

Another dip in new Covid cases while new deaths are in the double digits

Jan 24, 2021 | 5:37 PM

EDMONTON, AB. — Alberta Health Services COVID-19 report for the end of Jan 23, shows numbers continue to show small but, reduced numbers with 463 new COVID-19 cases and 24 more deaths.

Total cases across the province have increased to 120,793. Of those, 9,511 cases are active while 109,733 people have recovered.

In the South Zone, 22 new cases tested positive including eight in Lethbridge.

With another 10,237 tests conducted over the past day, there has now been a total of 3,100,486 tests completed on 1,735,698 different people.

In an interesting element within latest case graphs, it shows the majority of new Covid cases and case demographics fall in the 20 to 49 age.

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Active cases demographics

COVID-19 cases in Alberta. (Supplied by Alberta Health Services)

Below is a breakdown of cases per health zone:

• Edmonton Zone – 50,402 cases, 3,299 active
  • 279 in hospital, 39 in ICU
  • 808 deaths (16 new)
• Calgary Zone – 46,273 cases, 3,653 active
  • 209 in hospital, 48 in ICU
  • 489 deaths (two new)
• North Zone – 9,742 cases, 1,326 active
  • 76 in hospital, seven in ICU
  • 101 deaths (five new)
• Central Zone – 8,544 cases, 818 active
  • 56 in hospital, 9 in ICU
  • 83 deaths (one new)
• South Zone – 5,693 cases, 396 active
  • 35 in hospital, eight in ICU
  • 68 deaths

Below is a breakdown of cases in the South Health Zone:

• Brooks – 1,362 cases, four active, 14 deaths
• Lethbridge – 1,632 cases (seven new), 129 active, 11 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 586 cases (six new), 43 active, two deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 553 cases, 60 active, eight deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 489 cases (two new), 26 active, one death
• Medicine Hat – 523 cases, 30 active, 12 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 500 cases (one new), 26 active, seven deaths
• Cardston-Kainai – 443 cases (16 new), 116 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 328 cases, 6 active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 158 cases one new), nine active, two deaths
• County of Newell – 1519 cases, 14 active, two deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 166 cases, 42 active, three deaths
• Cypress County – 144 cases, one active, zero deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 117 cases, one active, two deaths
• Fort Macleod – 91 cases, 18 active, three deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 18 cases, six active, zero deaths