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By David Opinko

AHS reports 39 COVID deaths in Alberta this weekend, two in South Zone

Feb 7, 2022 | 3:49 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Monday, covering statistics from the past three days.

4,618 cases were confirmed across the province for a daily average of 1,539, bringing the total to 508,051. Of those, 30,094 cases are active while 474,284 people have recovered.

With 14,765 tests conducted in that time, the positivity rate was 31.3 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, 364 people tested positive or 121 per day with 138 in Lethbridge and 84 in Fort Macleod.

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Active infections in the region went down by 117 and by 41 in the city.

Since Friday’s update, 39 Albertans died from COVID including 18 in the Edmonton Zone, 12 in the Calgary Zone, five in the Central Zone, and two each in the South and North Zones. To date, 3,673 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

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

Provincially, 1,542 patients are currently hospitalized including 118 who have been admitted to intensive care. This marks a decrease of 42 for hospitalizations while the number in ICU is unchanged since our last report on Friday.

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 – 205,556 cases, 11,882 active
  • 575 in hospital, 38 in ICU
  • 993 deaths (12 new)
• Edmonton Zone – 162,813 cases, 8,863 active
  • 602 in hospital, 56 in ICU
  • 1,466 deaths (18 new)
• North Zone – 56,087 cases, 2,884 active
  • 119 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 436 deaths (two new)
• Central Zone – 50,542 cases, 3,490 active
  • 162 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 453 deaths (five new)
• South Zone – 31,974 cases, 2,634 active
  • 84 in hospital, 12 in ICU
  • 325 deaths (two new)

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

• Lethbridge – 10,792 cases (138 new), 970 active, 79 deaths (one new)
  • West Lethbridge – 4,137 cases (53 new), 424 active, 10 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,387 cases (38 new), 241 active, 25 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 3,271 cases (49 new), 328 active, 44 deaths (one new)
• Medicine Hat – 6,595 cases (84 new), 622 active, 82 deaths
• Brooks – 2,555 cases (17 new), 105 active, 29 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 2,477 cases (23 new), 166 active, 21 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,400 cases (24 new), 181 active, 42 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,579 cases (17 new), 125 active, 18 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,108 cases (12 new), 86 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,021 cases (eight new), 117 active, 13 deaths (one new)
• County of Warner – 1,006 cases (eight new), 86 active, five deaths
• Fort Macleod – 749 cases (seven new), 71 active, seven deaths
• County of Newell – 624 cases (13 new), 42 active, nine deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 402 cases (five new), 17 active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 294 cases (three new), 30 active, three deaths
• Waterton – Eight cases, zero active, zero deaths