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487 new COVID cases provincially Wednesday

Nov 3, 2021 | 4:11 PM

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

487 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 325,001. Of those, 6,693 cases are active while 315,175 people have recovered.

10,348 tests were completed over the past day. There were also 14 new cases in Lethbridge.

Since yesterday’s update, 14 Albertans died from COVID with one new in the South Zone. To date, 3,133 people in the province died as a result of the virus.

The death in the South Zone was for a resident from the County of Newell.

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Provincially, 697 patients are currently hospitalized including 155 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)

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

• Calgary Zone – 120,075 cases, 1,815 active
  • 157 in hospital, 43 in ICU
  • 839 deaths (three new)
• Edmonton Zone – 101,707 cases, 1,529 active
  • 226 in hospital, 71 in ICU
  • 1,289 deaths (two new)
• North Zone – 44,357 cases, 1,452 active
  • 98 in hospital, nine in ICU
  • 363 deaths (five new)
• Central Zone – 36,435 cases, 1,186 active
  • 141 in hospital, 16 in ICU
  • 367 deaths (three new)
• South Zone – 22,383 cases, 710 active
  • 75 in hospital, 16 in ICU
  • 275 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 – 6,928 cases (14 new), 225 active, 60 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 2,524 cases (three new), 76 active, seven deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 2,288 cases (nine new), 75 active, 21 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 2,109 cases (two new), 74 active, 32 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 4,438 cases (five new), 99 active, 78 deaths
• Brooks – 2,083 cases, 19 active, 23 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 1,912 cases (two new), 65 active, 18 deaths
• Cardston County – 1,792 cases (four new), 79 active, 37 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,228 cases (one new), 40 active, 15 deaths
• Cypress County – 838 cases, 23 active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 754 cases (two new), 39 active, four deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 623 cases (one new), 33 active, nine deaths
• Fort Macleod – 542 cases (eight new), 29 active, six deaths
• County of Newell – 468 cases (two new), 17 active, seven deaths (one new)
• County of Forty Mile – 340 cases (four new), 19 active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 163 cases, 14 active, one death
• Waterton – Seven cases, zero active, zero deaths