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By David Opinko

AHS reports 22 COVID deaths in Alberta, including four in South Zone

Jan 26, 2022 | 3:52 PM

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

3,341 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 481,182. Of those, 47,743 cases are active while 429,934 people have recovered.

With 9,000 tests conducted over the past day, the positivity rate was 37.1 per cent.

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, 272 people tested positive including 93 in Lethbridge and 60 in Medicine Hat.

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Since yesterday’s update, 22 Albertans died from COVID with nine in the Edmonton Zone, eight in the Calgary Zone, four in the South Zone, and one in the Central Zone. To date, 3,505 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

The deaths in the South Zone were for residents of South Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Brooks, and Lethbridge County.

Provincially, 1,418 patients are currently hospitalized including 109 who have been admitted to intensive care. This marks an increase of 41 for hospitalizations and a decrease of two for ICU since our last report.

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:

• Calgary Zone – 193,544 cases, 22,751 active
  • 546 in hospital, 43 in ICU
  • 944 deaths (eight new)
• Edmonton Zone – 154,994 cases, 15,683 active
  • 567 in hospital, 41 in ICU
  • 1,399 deaths (nine new)
• North Zone – 53,474 cases, 2,484 active
  • 83 in hospital, five in ICU
  • 425 deaths
• Central Zone – 47,446 cases, 3,703 active
  • 140 in hospital, 10 in ICU
  • 430 deaths (one new)
• South Zone – 29,682 cases, 2,617 active
  • 82 in hospital, 10 in ICU
  • 307 deaths (four new)

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

• Lethbridge – 9,929 cases (93 new), 1,070 active, 70 deaths (one new)
  • West Lethbridge – 3,754 cases (38 new), 407 active, nine deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,192 cases (27 new), 330 active, 23 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 2,985 cases (29 new), 336 active, 38 deaths (one new)
• Medicine Hat – 6,057 cases (60 new), 563 active, 80 deaths (one new)
• Brooks – 2,473 cases (15 new), 180 active, 26 deaths (one new)
• Lethbridge County – 2,332 cases (16 new), 148 active, 21 deaths (one new)
• Cardston County – 2,253 cases (28 new), 177 active, 41 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,473 cases (seven new), 71 active, 18 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,023 cases (seven new), 60 active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 921 cases (five new), 55 active, five deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 924 cases (eight new), 135 active, 12 deaths
• Fort Macleod – 694 cases (11 new), 62 active, seven deaths
• County of Newell – 586 cases (four new), 25 active, eight deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 387 cases (two new), 15 active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 270 cases (six new), 38 active, two deaths
• Waterton – Eight cases, zero active, zero deaths