COVID-19

By Connor Gunn

531 new COVID cases in Alberta Tuesday

Oct 19, 2021 | 5:07 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Tuesday, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.

In that time, 531 people tested positive. To date, there have been 316,964 positive tests in Alberta. Of those, 11,402 are active while 302,574 people have recovered.

In the South Zone, 52 cases were confirmed which includes 18 positive tests in Lethbridge.

12 Albertans died from COVID with no new deaths in the South Zone. To date, 2,988 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

Provincially, 964 patients are currently hospitalized including 218 who have been admitted to intensive care.

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

Graph from AHS

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

• Calgary Zone – 117,939 cases, 2,891 active
  • 224 in hospital, 63 in ICU
  • 821 deaths (two new)
• Edmonton Zone – 99,918 cases, 2,717 active
  • 291 in hospital, 97 in ICU
  • 1,259 deaths (five new)
• North Zone – 42,610 cases, 2,398 active
  • 153 in hospital, 15 in ICU
  • 327 deaths (two new)
• Central Zone – 34,913 cases, 2,209 active
  • 179 in hospital, 21 in ICU
  • 334 deaths (three new)
• South Zone – 21,536 cases, 1,175 active
  • 117 in hospital, 22 in ICU
  • 247 deaths

Below is a breakdown of cases in the South Health Zone. The numbers in brackets show new cases or deaths over the past three days:

• Lethbridge – 6,667 cases (18 new), 354 active, 50 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 2,431 cases (four new), 127 active, five deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 2,207 cases (seven new), 127 active, 17 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 2,022 cases (seven new), 101 active, 28 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 4,315 cases (11 new), 237 active, 73 deaths
• Brooks – 2,058 cases (one new), 49 active, 22 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 1,829 cases (nine new), 103 active, 17 deaths
• Cardston County – 1,699 cases (two new), 89 active, 31 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,185 cases (four new), 107 active, 12 deaths
• Cypress County – 814 cases, 36 active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 709 cases (four new), 54 active, three deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 586 cases, 37 active, nine deaths
• Fort Macleod – 510 cases (one new), 36 active, six deaths
• County of Newell – 441 cases (one new), 31 active, six deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 317 cases (three new), 24 active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 142 cases, nine active, one death
• Waterton – Seven cases, zero active, zero deaths