COVID-19 -- LNN

By Connor Gunn

452 new COVID cases in Alberta Monday

May 24, 2021 | 4:21 PM

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

452 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 224,647. Of those, 13,608 cases are active while 208,856 people have recovered.

In the South Zone, 41 people tested positive with 20 in Lethbridge.

Since yesterday’s update, seven Albertans died from COVID. To date, 2,183 Albertans have died as a result of the virus.

Provincially, 569 patients are currently hospitalized including 161 who have been admitted to intensive care.

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With another 5,085 tests conducted over the past day, there has now been a total of 4,482,447 tests completed on 2,131,263 different people.

2,532,143 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Alberta as of the end of May 23. A map of vaccine distribution in the province can be viewed here.

237 cases, or about 52 per cent of today’s total, were variants. Below is a chart of variant cases in Alberta.

Chart from AHS

Below is a breakdown of cases per health zone:

• Calgary Zone – 91,263 cases, 5,853 active
  • 218 in hospital, 58 in ICU
  • 661 deaths (two new)
• Edmonton Zone – 76,006 cases, 3,361 active
  • 198 in hospital, 70 in ICU
  • 1,069 deaths (one new)
• North Zone – 25,376 cases, 2,165 active
  • 62 in hospital, 12 in ICU
  • 174 deaths (two new)
• Central Zone – 19,820 cases, 1,489 active
  • 52 in hospital, 13 in ICU
  • 153 deaths (two new)
• South Zone – 12,154 cases, 728 active
  • 39 in hospital, eight in ICU
  • 126 deaths

Below is a breakdown of cases in the South Zone:

• Lethbridge – 4,758 cases (20 new), 201 active, 37 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 1,732 cases (nine new), 87 active, three deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 1,596 cases (two new), 52 active, 10 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 1,429 cases (nine new), 62 active, 24 deaths
• Brooks – 1,479 cases, 42 active, 15 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 1,221 cases (five new), 92 active, 12 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 1,198 cases (six new), 131 active, 20 deaths
• Cardston County – 1,011 cases, 50 active, 17 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 567 cases (one new), 25 active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 449 cases (three new), 42 active, three deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 301 cases, 17 active, five deaths
• Fort Macleod – 313 cases (one new), 20 active, five deaths
• Cypress County – 281 cases (three new), 36 active, zero deaths
• County of Newell – 223 cases (four new), 29 active, two deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 155 cases, two active, three deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 81 cases, 17 active, one death
• Waterton – Two case, one active, zero deaths