Covid-19 Virus

By Dori Modney

Lethbridge registers 27 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths in the city

Apr 18, 2021 | 5:57 PM

EDMONTON, AB. — Alberta Health Services has released its update on COVID-19 for Sunday (Apr 18), covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.

1,516 cases were confirmed across the province and 800 of those are variants. Total cases are now at 170,795.

In the South Zone, 52 people tested positive with 27 in Lethbridge, which also recorded two additional deaths.

Provincially, 451 patients are currently hospitalized including 103 who have been admitted to intensive care. There have been an additional three deaths (one in Edmonton Zone and two in the South Zone), taking the total to 2,040.

With another 15,343 tests conducted over the past day, there is a positivity rate of 9.8%. There has now been a total of 3,955,098 tests completed on 1,980,137 different people.

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1,147,048 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Alberta as of the end of April 17.

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.

Below is a breakdown of cases per regional health zone:

• Calgary Zone – 67,541 cases, 7,879 active
  • 187 in hospital, 50 in ICU
  • 618 deaths
• Edmonton Zone – 62,834 cases, 4,788 active
  • 150 in hospital, 34 in ICU
  • 1,031 deaths
• North Zone – 167,165 cases, 2,441 active
  • 33 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 150 deaths
• Central Zone – 13,804 cases, 1,849 active
  • 49 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 129 deaths
• South Zone – 9,353 cases, 905 active
  • 32 in hospital, nine in ICU
  • 112 deaths

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

• Lethbridge – 3,796 cases (27 new), 462 active, 34 deaths two new)
  • West Lethbridge – 1,384 cases (14 new), 244 active, three deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 1,283 cases (8 new), 110 active, eight deaths (one new)
  • South Lethbridge – 1,156 cases (five new), 108 active, 23 deaths (one new)
• Brooks – 1,376 cases, nine active, 14 deaths
• Cardston County – 848 cases (two new), 37 active, 15 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 846 cases (one new), 112 active, nine deaths
• Medicine Hat – 718 cases (nine new), 106 active, 17 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 454 cases (three new), 35 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 264 cases, 16 active, five deaths
• County of Warner – 232 cases (two new), 50 active, three deaths
• Cypress County – 188 cases (two new), 28 active, zero deaths
• County of Newell – 174 cases, 11 active, two deaths
• Fort Macleod – 178 cases (one new), 21 active, four deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 135 cases (one new), four active, three deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 36 cases, six active, zero deaths