COVID infection

By Dori Modney

Alberta COVID cases reach a new high since many restrictions lifted

Aug 19, 2021 | 6:02 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB. — Alberta Health Services has released its report on COVID-19 for Thursday, covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.

817 new COVID cases were confirmed bringing the total to 242,248. Of those, 6,367 cases are active while 233,539 have recovered.

In the South Zone, 106 people tested positive with over half of those in Medicine Hat and 24 in Lethbridge.

Active infections across the region continued to rise and are now at 887.

Since yesterday’s update, four people have died as a result of the virus, meaning 2,342 people in Alberta have lost their lives.

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Provincially, 198 patients are currently hospitalized including 43 who have been admitted to intensive care.

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

• Calgary Zone – 98,669 cases, 2,113 active
  • 65 in hospital, 15 in ICU
  • 712 deaths (two new)
• Edmonton Zone – 80,291 cases, 1,861 active
  • 66 in hospital, 14 in ICU
  • 1,111 deaths
• North Zone – 27,872 cases, 937 active
  • 22 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 205 deaths
• Cental Zone – 21,640 cases, 551 active
  • 21 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 174 deaths (two new)
• South Zone – 13,642 cases, 887 active
  • 24 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 140 deaths

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

• Lethbridge – 5,026 cases (24 new), 128 active, 40 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 1,862 cases (15 new), 61 active, four deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 1,665 cases (seven new), 33 active, 11 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 1,501 cases (two new), 34 active, 25 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 1,964 cases (53 new), 533 active, 24 deaths
• Brooks – 1,559 cases, 18 active, 15 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 1,304 cases (nine new), 23 active, 14 deaths
• Cardston County – 1,065 cases (11 new), 29 active, 19 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 590 cases, 15 active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 476 cases, six active, three deaths
• Cypress County – 412 cases (two new), 77 active, one death
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 367 cases (four new), 24 active, five deaths
• Fort Macleod – 325 cases (one new), three active, six deaths
• County of Newell – 261 cases (one new), seven active, three deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 161 cases, three active, three deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 92 cases (one new), six active, one death
• Waterton – Six cases, zero active, zero deaths

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