Covid

By Dori Modney

Positive Covid cases continue to increase in Lethbridge along with provincial Variant cases

Mar 21, 2021 | 5:35 PM

EDMONTON, AB. — Alberta Health Services has released its update on COVID-19 for Saturday, covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.

555 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 141,934. Of those, 5,971 cases are active while 134,000 people have recovered.

There were 74 new cases in in the South Zone bringing the active case count for the Zone up to 762.

Provincially, 282 patients are currently hospitalized including 47 who have been admitted to intensive care and there were two more deaths, both in Edmonton, which took the total to 1,963.

With another 11,405 tests conducted over the past day, there has now been a total of 3,597,464 tests completed on 1,873,670 different people.

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Below is a graph of how COVID-19 Variant cases in Alberta, which shows an increase of 184.

Variant cases

Since yesterday’s report, 99 new variant cases were confirmed in Alberta.

Below is a breakdown of cases per regional health zone:

• Edmonton Zone – 55,698 cases, 1,374 active
  • 87 in hospital, 11 in ICU
  • 999 deaths (two new)
• Calgary Zone – 54,409 cases, 2,465 active
  • 95 in hospital, 18 in ICU
  • 599 deaths
• North Zone – 13,197 cases, 778 active
  • 27 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 142 deaths
• Central Zone – 11,001 cases, 575 active
  • 36 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 120 deaths
• South Zone – 7,500 cases, 762 active
  • 37 in hospital, 8 in ICU
  • 103 deaths

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

• Lethbridge – 2,823 cases (71 new), 515 active, 28 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 944 cases (44 new), 218 active, six deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 923 cases (11 new), 156 active, 19 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 912 cases (16 new), 142 active, three deaths
• Brooks – 1,365 cases, three active, 14 deaths
• Cardston County – 736 cases (3 new), 110 active, 13 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 568 cases (one), 7 active, 17 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 599 cases (15 new), 46 active, 8 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 353 cases (three new), t12 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 245 cases (7 new), 28 active, five deaths
• County of Warner – 178 cases (one new), 16 active, three deaths
• County of Newell – 160 cases, zero active, two deaths
• Cypress County – 146 cases, one active, zero deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 124 cases (two new), six active, three deaths
• Fort Macleod – 117 cases, 13 active, four deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 28 cases, four active, zero deaths