2,271 new COVID cases in Alberta Wednesday

666 people are in Alberta hospitals, with 146 individuals in intensive care (ICU).

Three new deaths were reported Wednesday, bringing the provincial death toll from the virus to 2,102. There were no new deaths in the South Zone.

As of May 4, 1,694,675 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Alberta.

On the testing front, 4,243,889 tests have been completed in Alberta, with 2,063,382 people tested in total. On May 4, 20,494 tests were conducted.

The province also saw 903 new variant cases.

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

Graph from AHS

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.

Graph from AHS

Below is a breakdown of cases per health zone:

Calgary Zone – 80,396 cases, 10,288 active
- 246 in hospital, 60 in ICU
- 639 deaths
Edmonton Zone – 70,506 cases, 6,098 active
- 230 in hospital, 54 in ICU
- 1,045 deaths
North Zone – 21,726 cases, 3,570 active
- 88 in hospital, 17 in ICU
- 161 deaths (three new)
Central Zone – 17,320 cases, 2,888 active
- 63 in hospital, nine in ICU
- 137 deaths
South Zone – 10,932 cases, 1,280 active
- 39 in hospital, six in ICU
- 120 deaths

Below is a breakdown of cases in the South:

Lethbridge – 4,379 cases (22 new), 432 active, 36 deaths
- West Lethbridge – 1,582 cases (10 new), 160 active, three deaths
- North Lethbridge – 1,472 cases (11 new), 141 active, nine deaths
- South Lethbridge – 1,325 cases (one new), 130 active, 24 deaths
Brooks – 1,423 cases (six new), 45 active, 14 deaths
Lethbridge County – 1,063 cases (20 new), 168 active, 12 deaths
Cardston County – 920 cases (nine new), 57 active, 16 deaths
Medicine Hat – 988 cases (15 new), 235 active, 18 deaths
M.D. of Taber – 527 cases (11 new), 56 active, six deaths
M.D. of Pincher Creek – 282 cases (one new), 20 active, five deaths
County of Warner – 367 cases (10 new), 118 active, three deaths
Cypress County – 235 cases (three new), 31 active, zero deaths
Fort Macleod – 268 cases (10 new), 75 active, five deaths
County of Newell – 181 cases, seven active, two deaths
County of Forty Mile – 151 cases, nine active, three deaths
Crowsnest Pass – 57 cases, 21 active, zero deaths
Waterton – one case, zero active, zero deaths

by Connor Gunn