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AHS confirms just 60 COVID cases across Alberta, only three in South Zone

Jun 21, 2021 | 3:44 PM

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

60 new cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 231,419. Of those, 2,003 cases are active while 227,124 people have recovered.

In the South Zone, three people tested positive.

Active infections in Lethbridge have fallen to just 12 and across the region to 75.

Since yesterday’s update, two people from the Calgary Zone died from COVID. To date, 2,292 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

Provincially, 214 patients are currently hospitalized including 56 who have been admitted intensive care.

3,804,700 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered as of the end of June 20.

With another 2,833 tests conducted over the past day, there has now been a total of 4,643,107 tests completed on 2,171,933 different people.

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.

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

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

  • Calgary Zone – 94,178 cases, 954 active
    • 106 in hospital, 26 in ICU
    • 699 deaths (two new)
  • Edmonton Zone – 77,628 cases, 370 active
    • 53 in hospital, 18 in ICU
    • 1,103 deaths
  • North Zone – 26,399 cases, 397 active
    • 24 in hospital, four in ICU
    • 192 deaths
  • Central Zone – 20,730 cases, 205 active
    • 20 in hospital, seven in ICU
    • 165 deaths
  • South Zone – 12,472 cases, 75 active
    • 11 in hospital, one in ICU
    • 133 deaths

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

  • Lethbridge – 4,834 cases, 12 active, 39 deaths
    • West Lethbridge – 1,770 cases, three active, four deaths
    • North Lethbridge – 1,611 cases, four active, 11 deaths
    • South Lethbridge – 1,452 cases, five active, 24 deaths
  • Brooks – 1,502 cases, six active, 15 deaths
  • Medicine Hat – 1,260 cases (one new), 21 active, 22 deaths
  • Lethbridge County – 1,256 cases, five active, 12 deaths
  • Cardston County – 1,026 cases (one new), two active, 18 deaths
  • M.D. of Taber – 571 cases, zero active, six deaths
  • County of Warner – 470 cases (one new), five active, three deaths
  • M.D. of Pincher Creek – 318 cases, 13 active, five deaths
  • Fort Macleod – 322 cases, two active, six deaths
  • Cypress County – 300 cases, five active, one death
  • County of Newell – 241 cases, three active, two deaths
  • County of Forty Mile – 157 cases, zero active, three deaths
  • Crowsnest Pass – 83 cases, zero active, one death
  • Waterton – Four cases, zero active, zero deaths