COVID-19. (Alberta Health Services)

By David Opinko

AHS confirms 1,112 COVID cases provincially, 105 in South Zone

Aug 26, 2021 | 8:22 PM

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

1,112 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to date to 247,786. Of those, 9,066 cases are active while 236,360 people have recovered.

In the South Zone, 105 people tested positive with 26 in Medicine Hat, 20 in Lethbridge, and 17 in Cardston County.

Active infections went up by 20 across the region and by 11 in Lethbridge.

Since yesterday’s update, four Albertans died from COVID including three in the Central Zone and one in the South Zone. To date, 2,360 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

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The death in the South Zone was for a person from Medicine Hat.

Provincially, 308 patients are currently hospitalized including 64 who have been admitted to intensive care.

77.6 per cent of Albertans aged 12 and up have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine while 69.2 per cent are fully immunized.

Below are two graphs showing how COVID-19 in Alberta has trended since the start of the pandemic, which can also be accessed with more detail here.

Active COVID-19 cases in Alberta. (Alberta Health Services)

COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Alberta. (Alberta Health Services)

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

• Calgary Zone – 100,249 cases, 2,673 active
  • 94 in hospital, 15 in ICU
  • 714 deaths
• Edmonton Zone – 82,009 cases, 2,857 active
  • 108 in hospital, 27 in ICU
  • 1,114 deaths
• North Zone – 28,848 cases, 1,491 active
  • 34 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 208 deaths
• Cental Zone – 22,290 cases, 967 active
  • 30 in hospital, five in ICU
  • 179 deaths (three new)
• South Zone – 14,356 cases, 1,055 active
  • 42 in hospital, 13 in ICU
  • 145 deaths (one new)

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

• Lethbridge – 5,119 cases (20 new), 160 active, 40 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 1,910 cases (12 new), 83 active, four deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 1,678 cases (three new), 33 active, 11 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 1,530 cases (five new), 44 active, 25 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 2,226 cases (26 new), 513 active, 28 deaths (one new)
• Brooks – 1,598 cases (seven new), 57 active, 15 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 1,319 cases (five new), 38 active, 14 deaths
• Cardston County – 1,118 cases (17 new), 74 active, 20 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 618 cases (seven new), 35 active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 483 cases (three new), nine active, three deaths
• Cypress County – 459 cases (11 new), 82 active, one death
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 384 cases (four new), 32 active, five deaths
• Fort Macleod – 329 cases (one new), six active, six deaths
• County of Newell – 277 cases (one new), 20 active, three deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 172 cases, 12 active, three deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 95 cases (one new), seven active, one death
• Waterton – Seven cases (one new), one active, zero deaths