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By Justin Goulet

Province reports 2,020 new cases of COVID Friday

Sep 17, 2021 | 5:13 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 cases for Friday, September 17.

In the last 24 hours, 2,020 new infections were reported. This brings the province’s total case count to 277,558, with 19,201 of those infections listed as active.

There were 43 new infections for Lethbridge and 75 positive tests in Medicine Hat.

There have been 255,834 recoveries from COVID-19 in Alberta. 911 people are currently in hospital, with 215 individuals in intensive care (ICU). Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health noted that of the 251 people in ICU, 93 per cent are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated.

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18 new deaths were confirmed since Thursday’s update. That brings the provincial death total to 2,523. There were two deaths reported for the South Zone, one in the M.D. of Taber and another in the M.D. of Pincher Creek.

On Thursday, Sept. 16, 17,327 tests were completed, which means 5,333,147 have been done in total across Alberta. 2,379,193 people have been tested for COVID-19.

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

• Calgary Zone – 108,537 cases, 5,468 active
  • 242 in hospital, 63 in ICU
  • 752 deaths (three new)
• Edmonton Zone – 90,520 cases, 5,467 active
  • 321 in hospital, 99 in ICU
  • 1,146 deaths (two new)
• North Zone – 34,358 cases, 3,237 active
  • 105 in hospital, 11 in ICU
  • 236 deaths (five new)
• Central Zone – 26,818 cases, 3,080 active
  • 155 in hospital, 20 in ICU
  • 208 deaths (six new)
• South Zone – 17,270 cases, 1,919 active
  • 88 in hospital, 22 in ICU
  • 181 deaths (two new)

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

• Lethbridge – 5,640 cases (43 new), 365 active, 44 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 2,092 cases (11 new), 123 active, five deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 1,855 cases (16 new), 129 active, 12 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 1,686 cases (16 new), 109 active, 27 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 3,192 cases (75 new), 582 active, 48 deaths
• Brooks – 1,783 cases (15 new), 123 active, 16 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 1,501 cases (15 new), 127 active, 14 deaths
• Cardston County – 1,370 cases (31 new), 148 active, 23 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 863 cases (13 new), 190 active, eight deaths (one new)
• Cypress County – 641 cases (15 new), 114 active, one death
• County of Warner – 550 cases (six new), 54 active, three deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 476 cases (six new), 58 active, seven deaths (one new)
• Fort Macleod – 411 cases (six new), 59 active, six deaths
• County of Newell – 335 cases (three new), 36 active, four deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 200 cases (six new), 25 active, three deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 117 cases (three new), 16 active, one death
• Waterton – Seven cases, zero active, zero deaths