COVID-19

By Connor Gunn

749 new COVID cases in Alberta Friday

Aug 20, 2021 | 3:58 PM

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

749 new COVID cases were confirmed bringing the total to 242,997. Of those, 6,709 cases are active while 233,945 have recovered.

In the South Zone, 178 people tested positive with seven in Lethbridge.

Active infections across the region continued to rise and are now at 912.

Since yesterday’s update, one person has died as a result of the virus, meaning 2,343 people in Alberta have lost their lives.

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Provincially, 221 patients are currently hospitalized including 48 who have been admitted to intensive care.

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

• Calgary Zone – 98,896 cases, 2,189 active
  • 72 in hospital, 16 in ICU
  • 712 deaths
• Edmonton Zone – 80,536 cases, 2,005 active
  • 76 in hospital, 17 in ICU
  • 1,111 deaths
• North Zone – 28,001 cases, 994 active
  • 24 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 205 deaths
• Cental Zone – 21,714 cases, 587 active
  • 25 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 175 deaths (one new)
• South Zone – 13,820 cases, 912 active
  • 24 in hospital, seven in ICU
  • 140 deaths

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

• Lethbridge – 5,033 cases (seven new), 130 active, 40 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 1,867 cases (five new), 63 active, four deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 1,662 cases, 32 active, 11 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 1,503 cases (two new), 35 active, 25 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 1,986 cases (22 new), 523 active, 24 deaths
• Brooks – 1,564 cases (five new), 23 active, 15 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 1,302 cases, 27 active, 14 deaths
• Cardston County – 1,068 cases (three new), 31 active, 19 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 594 cases (four new), 18 active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 477 cases (one new), seven active, three deaths
• Cypress County – 425 cases (13 new), 86 active, one death
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 372 cases (five new), 29 active, five deaths
• Fort Macleod – 324 cases, two active, six deaths
• County of Newell – 261 cases (one new), seven active, three deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 165 cases (four new), 11 active, three deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 93 cases (one new), six active, one death
• Waterton – Six cases, zero active, zero deaths

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