COVID-19

By Connor Gunn

645 new COVID cases in Alberta Wednesday

Oct 27, 2021 | 3:54 PM

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

645 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 321,855. Of those, 8,733 cases are active while 310,049 people have recovered.

In the South Zone, 58 people tested positive with 22 in Lethbridge.

Active infections have fallen significantly provincially.

Since yesterday’s update, 10 Albertans died from COVID with one new in the South Zone. To date, 3,073 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 resident of Medicine Hat.

Provincially, 810 patients are currently hospitalized including 184 who have been admitted to intensive care.

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.

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 – 119,199 cases, 2,223 active
  • 190 in hospital, 48 in ICU
  • 829 deaths
• Edmonton Zone – 101,020 cases, 2,025 active
  • 252 in hospital, 85 in ICU
  • 1,278 deaths (six new)
• North Zone – 43,649 cases, 1,828 active
  • 107 in hospital, 10 in ICU
  • 350 deaths (one new)
• Central Zone – 35,864 cases, 1,722 active
  • 168 in hospital, 20 in ICU
  • 355 deaths (two new)
• South Zone – 22,074 cases, 928 active
  • 93 in hospital, 21 in ICU
  • 261 deaths (one new)

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

• Lethbridge – 6,842 cases (22 new), 307 active, 55 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 2,505 cases (11 new), 122 active, six deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 2,246 cases (four new), 85 active, 18 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 2,084 cases (seven new), 101 active, 31 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 4,403 cases (five new), 166 active, 75 deaths (one new)
• Brooks – 2,072 cases (two new), 24 active, 23 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 1,884 cases (three new), 102 active, 17 deaths
• Cardston County – 1,750 cases (eight new), 73 active, 35 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,212 cases (one new), 56 active, 13 deaths
• Cypress County – 823 cases (three new), 20 active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 740 cases (eight new), 48 active, four deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 606 cases (one new), 31 active, nine deaths
• Fort Macleod – 520 cases (two new), 22 active, six deaths
• County of Newell – 463 cases (one new), 29 active, six deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 328 cases (one new), 15 active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 162 cases (one new), 27 active, one death
• Waterton – Seven cases, zero active, zero deaths