Active COVID cases drop significantly in Alberta over past four days

It should be noted that, on January 10, the province limited the number of people who can get a PCR test from AHS for COVID-19 to only those in high-risk settings. This likely means that the amount of people who have actually contracted COVID since then would be higher than what is being reported by the province.

In the South Zone, 1,457 people tested positive over the weekend and Monday for a daily average of 364.

Over that time, 273 people in Lethbridge caught COVID or 68 each day.

Since Friday’s update, 54 Albertans died from the virus including 20 in the Edmonton Zone, 19 in the Calgary Zone, seven in the North Zone, and four each in the Central and South Zones.

The deaths in the South Zone were for residents of South Lethbridge, Brooks, Cardston County, and the M.D. of Pincher Creek.

To date, 3,483 people in the province have died as a result of COVID.

Provincially, 1,377 patients are currently hospitalized including 111 who have been admitted to intensive care. From our last report on Friday, this marks an increase of 186 for hospitalization and by four for ICU.

Below are 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)

COVID-19 outcomes by vaccination status. (Alberta Health Services)

Below is a breakdown of cases per health zone in Alberta. LNN did not provide a COVID-19 update on Monday so the regional number reflects changes over the past four days:

Calgary Zone – 193,246 cases, 24,643 active
- 534 in hospital, 46 in ICU
- 936 deaths (19 new)
Edmonton Zone – 153,854 cases, 17,052 active
- 552 in hospital, 43 in ICU
- 1,390 deaths (20 new)
North Zone – 53,221 cases, 2,577 active
- 81 in hospital, four in ICU
- 425 deaths (seven new)
Central Zone – 47,087 cases, 3,732 active
- 134 in hospital, eight in ICU
- 429 deaths (four new)
South Zone – 29,410 cases, 2,634 active
- 76 in hospital, 10 in ICU
- 303 deaths (four new)

Below is a breakdown of cases in the South Health Zone. As the local breakdown was not available Monday, the numbers in brackets show new cases or deaths over the past four days:

Lethbridge – 9,836 cases (273 new), 1,104 active, 69 deaths (one new)
- West Lethbridge – 3,716 cases (110 new), 419 active, nine deaths
- North Lethbridge – 3,165 cases (79 new), 348 active, 23 deaths
- South Lethbridge – 2,956 cases (85 new), 339 active, 37 deaths (one new)
Medicine Hat – 5,997 cases (213 new), 558 active, 79 deaths
Brooks – 2,458 cases (50 new), 192 active, 25 deaths (one new)
Lethbridge County – 2,316 cases (49 new), 145 active, 20 deaths
Cardston County – 2,225 cases (50 new), 169 active, 41 deaths (one new)
M.D. of Taber – 1,466 cases (17 new), 72 active, 18 deaths
Cypress County – 1,016 cases (24 new), 62 active, six deaths
County of Warner – 916 cases (12 new), 53 active, five deaths
M.D. of Pincher Creek – 908 cases (39 new), 133 active, 12 deaths (one new)
Fort Macleod – 683 cases (20 new), 52 active, seven deaths
County of Newell – 582 cases (five new), 25 active, eight deaths
County of Forty Mile – 385 cases (six new), 13 active, five deaths
Crowsnest Pass – 264 cases (12 new), 34 active, two deaths
Waterton – Eight cases, zero active, zero deaths

by Connor Gunn

Active COVID cases drop significantly in Alberta over past four days

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