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By Connor Gunn

Two new COVID cases in Lethbridge, 178 provincially

Jun 10, 2021 | 4:21 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Alberta Health Services has released Thursday’s report on COVID-19, covering statistics compiled over the last 24 hours.

178 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 229,949. Of those, 3,810 cases are active while 223,877 people have recovered.

In the South Zone, seven people tested positive with two in Lethbridge.

Active infections in the city by 13 and across the South Zone, active cases have fallen to just 174.

Since yesterday’s update, six Albertans died from COVID with one in the South Zone. To date, 2,262 people in Alberta have died as a result of the virus.

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The death in the South Zone was for a man in his 60’s from Cypress County.

Provincially, 306 patients are currently hospitalized including 81 who have been admitted to intensive care.

3,215,144 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered as of the end of June 9.

With another 5,501 tests conducted over the past day, there has now been a total of 4,586,127 tests completed on 2,157,227 different people.

138 of the 178 new COVID cases were variants.

Chart 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.

Image from AHS

Below is a breakdown of cases per health zone in Alberta:

• Calgary Zone – 93,456 cases, 1,523 active
  • 129 in hospital, 33 in ICU
  • 684 deaths (one new)
• Edmonton Zone – 77,401 cases, 1,028 active
  • 98 in hospital, 34 in ICU
  • 1,099 deaths (two new)
• North Zone – 26,102 cases, 588 active
  • 26 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 188 deaths (two new)
• Central Zone – 20,557 cases, 496 active
  • 29 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 160 deaths
• South Zone – 12,419 cases, 174 active
  • 24 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 131 deaths (one new)

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

• Lethbridge – 4,826 cases (two new), 46 active, 38 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 1,768 cases (one new), 20 active, three deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 1,607 cases, eight active, 11 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 1,450 cases (one new), 18 active, 24 deaths
• Brooks – 1,499 cases (one new), 14 active, 15 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 1,253 cases, 20 active, 12 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 1,246 cases (two new), 35 active, 22 deaths
• Cardston County – 1,027 cases (one new), six active, 17 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 571 cases, three active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 464 cases, 11 active, three deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 307 cases (two new), five active, five deaths
• Fort Macleod – 319 cases, three active, six deaths
• Cypress County – 295 cases, seven active, one death (one new)
• County of Newell – 240 cases, 15 active, two deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 157 cases, two active, three deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 83 cases, three active, one death
• Waterton – Four cases, zero active, zero deaths