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By David Opinko

195 new COVID cases in Alberta, lowest single-day total in months

Feb 9, 2021 | 3:49 PM

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

195 new cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 127,231. Of those, 5,831 cases are active while 119,687 people have recovered.

Today’s new caseload is the lowest the province has seen since before the second wave that started back in the fall.

In the South Zone, 23 people tested positive with the majority coming from Lethbridge’s 16.

Active cases in the city and throughout the region rose slightly.

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Outside of Lethbridge, no communities in the South Zone had more than two new infections. Several had none.

Since yesterday’s update, 12 Albertans died from COVID including four in the Calgary Zone, three in the North Zone, two each in the Central and Edmonton Zones, and one in the South Zone. To date, the virus has claimed the lives of 1,722 people in the province.

The person from the South Zone was a man in his 50’s from Cardston County. His death is not linked to any outbreaks.

Provincially, 427 patients are currently hospitalized and 78 have been admitted to intensive care.

With another 7,003 tests conducted over the past day, there has now been a total of 3,257,539 tests completed on 1,777,620 different people.

124,325 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Alberta as of the end of February 8. Approximately 32,700 people have received the recommended two doses.

Below is a graph of how COVID-19 cases in Alberta have trended since the start of the pandemic, which can also be accessed with more detail here.

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

Below is a breakdown of cases per provincial health zone:

• Edmonton Zone – 52,271 cases, 1,748 active
  • 159 in hospital, 23 in ICU
  • 892 deaths (two new)
• Calgary Zone – 48,921 cases, 2,335 active
  • 152 in hospital, 34 in ICU
  • 536 deaths (four new)
• North Zone – 10,590 cases, 758 active
  • 52 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 120 deaths (three new)
• Central Zone – 9,280 cases, 656 active
  • 31 in hospital, five in ICU
  • 99 deaths (two new)
• South Zone – 6,051 cases, 325 active
  • 33 in hospital, 10 in ICU
  • 75 deaths (one new)

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

• Brooks – 1,365 cases, five active, 14 deaths
• Lethbridge – 1,828 cases (16 new), 189 active, 13 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 648 cases (10 new), 50 active, two deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 638 cases (four new), 82 active, 10 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 541 cases (two new), 54 active, one death
• Medicine Hat – 535 cases (one new), 14 active, 14 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 519 cases (one new), 12 active, seven deaths
• Cardston County – 516 cases (two new), 63 active, eight deaths (one new)
• M.D. of Taber – 332 cases, four active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 200 cases (two new), 24 active, four deaths
• County of Newell – 158 cases, one active, two deaths
• County of Warner – 158 cases (one new), one active, two deaths
• Cypress County – 145 cases, one active, zero deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 117 cases, zero active, two deaths
• Fort Macleod – 94 cases, two active, three deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 24 cases, five active, zero deaths