331 new COVID cases in Alberta including 18 in Lethbridge

Since yesterday’s update, nine Albertans died from COVID including three each in the Calgary and Central Zones, two in the Edmonton Zone, and one in the North Zone. To date, 1,911 Albertans died from the virus.

Provincially, 245 patients are currently hospitalized including 47 who have been admitted to intensive care.

With another 9,483 tests conducted over the past day, there has now been a total of 3,444,062 tests completed on 1,829,402 different people.

266,231 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Albertan as of the end of March 3.

Approximately 176,000 Albertans have received at least one dose including 90,000 who have gotten two shots.

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 trends in Alberta. (Alberta Health Services)

Another 33 cases of COVID-19 variants have been found in the province since yesterday’s update. None are in the South Zone.

COVID-19 variant cases in Alberta. (Alberta Health Services)

Below is a breakdown of cases per regional health zone:

Edmonton Zone – 54,086 cases, 1,082 active
- 76 in hospital, 16 in ICU
- 974 deaths (two deaths)
Calgary Zone – 51,577 cases, 1,645 active
- 82 in hospital, 14 in ICU
- 590 deaths (three new)
North Zone – 12,133 cases, 1,009 active
- 27 in hospital, two in ICU
- 140 deaths (one new)
Central Zone – 10,277 cases, 545 active
- 30 in hospital, nine in ICU
- 115 deaths (three new)
South Zone – 6,612 cases, 326 active
- 30 in hospital, six in ICU
- 92 deaths

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

Brooks – 1,362 cases, one active, 14 deaths
Lethbridge – 2,199 cases (18 new), 223 active, 20 deaths
- South Lethbridge – 742 cases (two new), 65 active, 16 deaths
- West Lethbridge – 734 cases (five new), 55 active, two deaths
- North Lethbridge – 722 cases (11 new), 103 active, two deaths
Cardston County – 619 cases (three new), 53 active, 12 deaths
Medicine Hat – 557 cases, 18 active, 17 deaths
Lethbridge County – 549 cases (two new), 16 active, seven deaths
M.D. of Taber – 340 cases, five active, six deaths
M.D. of Pincher Creek – 218 cases, three active, five deaths
County of Warner – 162 cases, zero active, three deaths
County of Newell – 160 cases, one active, two deaths
Cypress County – 145 cases, one active, zero deaths
County of Forty Mile – 117 cases, zero active, two deaths
Fort Macleod – 101 cases, five active, four deaths
Crowsnest Pass – 24 cases, zero active, zero deaths

by David Opinko

331 new COVID cases in Alberta including 18 in Lethbridge

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