Alberta back into four digits with 1,351 new COVID cases Wednesday

Active infections in the city are down by 20 and regionally by 19.

Since yesterday’s update, one person from the North Zone died from COVID, meaning 2,002 people have lost their lives.

Provincially, 333 patients are currently hospitalized including 79 who have been admitted to intensive care.

With another 14,051 tests conducted over the past day, there has now been a total of 3,788,952 tests conducted on 1,930,786 different people.

755,831 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered across Alberta as of the end of April 6.

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)

Below is a list of COVID-19 variant cases identified in Alberta.

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

Below is a breakdown of cases per regional health zone:

Calgary Zone – 60,823 cases, 5,408 active
- 132 in hospital, 36 in ICU
- 609 deaths
Edmonton Zone – 58,731 cases, 2,640 active
- 99 in hospital, 21 in ICU
- 1,014 deaths
North Zone – 14,997 cases, 1,522 active
- 35 in hospital, six in ICU
- 150 deaths (one new)
Central Zone – 12,133 cases, 934 active
- 32 in hospital, six in ICU
- 123 deaths
South Zone – 8,576 cases, 865 active
- 35 in hospital, 10 in ICU
- 106 deaths

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

Lethbridge – 3,435 cases (17 new), 499 active, 30 deaths
- North Lethbridge – 1,194 cases (two new), 161 active, six deaths
- West Lethbridge – 1,172 cases (12 new), 217 active, three deaths
- South Lethbridge – 1,069 cases (three new), 121 active, 21 deaths
Brooks – 1,370 cases (two new), three active, 14 deaths
Cardston County – 816 cases (one new), 52 active, 14 deaths
Lethbridge County – 750 cases (10 new), 11 active, eight deaths
Medicine Hat – 621 cases (six new), 50 active, 17 deaths
M.D. of Taber – 423 cases (two new), 57 active, six deaths
M.D. of Pincher Creek – 249 cases (one new), six active, five deaths
County of Warner – 187 cases (three new), nine active, three deaths
County of Newell – 163 cases, one active, two deaths
Cypress County – 161 cases (two new), 15 active, zero deaths
Fort Macleod – 163 cases (four new), 42 active, four deaths
County of Forty Mile – 132 cases (two new), seven active, three deaths
Crowsnest Pass – 30 cases, two active, zero deaths

by David Opinko