COVID-19. (Dreamstime)

By David Opinko

Active COVID cases in Alberta at second-highest point throughout pandemic

Apr 27, 2021 | 4:06 PM

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

1,539 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 184,840. Of those, 20,721 cases are active while 162,052 people have recovered.

Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw says this is the second-highest active caseload throughout the entire pandemic behind only a brief period in mid-December.

In the South Zone, 77 people tested positive with 29 in Lethbridge, 19 in Medicine Hat, and 10 in Lethbridge County.

Active infections remained relatively flat locally and regionally.

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Since yesterday’s update, seven Albertans died from COVID including three in the Edmonton Zone, two in the Calgary Zone, and one each in the South and North Zone.

The death in the South Zone was for a woman in her 80’s from Lethbridge County. This is the second time this week that AHS is reporting a COVID death in Lethbridge County.

Dr. Hinshaw says there has been further analysis of COVID-19 deaths in the province. It turns out that 14 deaths that had previously been declared as a result of COVID did not actually include the virus.

As a result, the more accurate number, including today’s deaths, is 2,067.

Provincially, 635 patients are currently hospitalized including 143 who have been admitted to intensive care.

With another 13,743 tests conducted over the past day, there has now been a total of 4,097,963 tests completed on 2,020,567 different people.

1,468,785 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered as of the end of April 26.

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. A separate graph also shows just active infections.

COVID-19 trends in Alberta. (Alberta Health Services)

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

812 cases of COVID-19 variants were confirmed in Alberta today with 48 of those coming from the South Zone.

COVID-19 variants in Alberta. (Alberta Health Services)

Below is a breakdown of COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours:

• Calgary Zone – 73,339 cases, 8,656 active
  • 262 in hospital, 63 in ICU
  • 626 deaths (two new)
• Edmonton Zone – 66,680 cases, 5,672 active
  • 221 in hospital, 52 in ICU
  • 1,039 deaths (three new)
• North Zone – 19,267 cases, 2,960 active
  • 60 in hospital, 11 in ICU
  • 155 deaths (one new)
• Central Zone – 15,390 cases, 2,367 active
  • 55 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 132 deaths
• South Zone – 10,070 cases, 992 active
  • 37 in hospital, 11 in ICU
  • 115 deaths (one new)

Below is a breakdown of cases in the South Health Zone over the past 24 hours:

• Lethbridge – 4,096 cases (29 new), 418 active, 35 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 1,474 cases (14 new), 171 active, three deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 1,381 cases (eight new), 139 active, eight deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 1,242 cases (seven new), 109 active, 24 deaths
• Brooks – 1,404 cases, 35 active, 14 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 942 cases (10 new), 121 active, 11 deaths (one new)
• Cardston County – 875 cases (two new), 36 active, 15 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 835 cases (19 new), 154 active, 17 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 479 cases, 36 active, five deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 269 cases (two new), six active, five deaths
• County of Warner – 280 cases (three new), 60 active, three deaths
• Cypress County – 223 cases (three new), 44 active, zero deaths
• Fort Macleod – 209 cases (six new), 40 active, five deaths
• County of Newell – 179 cases, 10 active, two deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 144 cases, 11 active, three deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 46 cases, 12 active, zero deaths
• Waterton – One case, one active, zero deaths