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By David Opinko

COVID hospitalizations continue to rise in Alberta to 1,469

Jan 27, 2022 | 4:25 PM

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

3,218 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 484,400. Of those, 44,301 cases are active while 436,581 people have recovered.

With 9,352 tests conducted over the past day, the positivity rate was 34.4 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, 221 people tested positive with 82 in Lethbridge and 69 in Medicine Hat.

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Since yesterday’s update, 12 Albertans died from COVID with four in the Edmonton Zone, three in the Calgary Zone, two each in the Central and North Zones, and one in the South Zone. To date, 3,518 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

The death in the South Zone was for a resident of Medicine Hat.

Provincially, 1,469 patients are currently hospitalized including 106 who have been admitted to intensive care. This marks an increase of 51 for hospitalizations and a drop of three for ICU since our last report on Wednesday.

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 – 195,863 cases, 20,779 active
  • 563 in hospital, 41 in ICU
  • 947 deaths (three new)
• Edmonton Zone – 156,024 cases, 14,219 active
  • 593 in hospital, 42 in ICU
  • 1,403 deaths (four new)
• North Zone – 53,745 cases, 2,560 active
  • 86 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 427 deaths (two new)
• Central Zone – 47,792 cases, 3,675 active
  • 138 in hospital, nine in ICU
  • 432 deaths (two new)
• South Zone – 29,903 cases, 2,563 active
  • 89 in hospital, eight in ICU
  • 308 deaths (one new)

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

• Lethbridge – 1,0011 cases (82 new), 1,001 active, 70 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 3,788 cases (34 new), 388 active, nine deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,206 cases (14 new), 288 active, 23 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 3,019 cases (34 new), 328 active, 38 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 6,126 cases (69 new), 600 active, 81 deaths (one new)
• Brooks – 2,479 cases (six new), 169 active, 26 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 2,348 cases (16 new), 146 active, 21 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,259 cases (six new), 171 active, 41 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,485 cases (12 new), 77 active, 18 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,032 cases (nine new), 66 active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 926 cases (five new), 52 active, five deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 929 cases (five new), 127 active, 12 deaths
• Fort Macleod – 700 cases (six new), 66 active, seven deaths
• County of Newell – 589 cases (three new), 27 active, eight deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 388 cases (one new), 14 active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 271 cases (one new), 31 active, two deaths
• Waterton – Eight cases, zero active, zero deaths

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