(Alberta Health Services)

By David Opinko

22 COVID deaths reported in Alberta Thursday, two in South Zone

Feb 10, 2022 | 4:23 PM

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

1,363 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 512,765. Of those, 25,339 cases are active while 483,708 people have recovered.

With 4,986 tests conducted over the past day, the positivity rate was 27.3 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, 140 people tested positive with 50 in Lethbridge.

Week-in-review: A spring storm, Whoop-Up Days entertainment and housing for seniors

May 11, 2024

What's Happening in Lethbridge this weekend: May 10, 2024

May 10, 2024

Week-in-review: Passenger rail, a big investment in Coaldale and an NFL draftee from Lethbridge

May 04, 2024

Active infections in the region fell by 111 and in the city by 43.

Since yesterday’s update, 22 Albertans died from COVID including seven in the Calgary Zone, five each in the Central and Edmonton Zones, three in the North Zone, and two in the South Zone. To date, 3,718 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

The deaths in the South Zone were for residents of West Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.

Provincially, 1,586 patients are currently hospitalized including 126 who have been admitted to intensive care. This marks decreases of 29 and nine respectively compared to our most recent 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 – 207,444 cases, 9,930 active
  • 579 in hospital, 43 in ICU
  • 1,009 deaths (seven new)
• Edmonton Zone – 164,205 cases, 7,298 active
  • 632 in hospital, 59 in ICU
  • 1,477 deaths (five new)
• North Zone – 56,629 cases, 2,594 active
  • 134 in hospital, eight in ICU
  • 442 deaths (three new)
• Central Zone – 51,066 cases, 2,979 active
  • 158 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 462 deaths (five new)
• South Zone – 32,389 cases, 2,269 active
  • 83 in hospital, 10 in ICU
  • 328 deaths (two new)

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

• Lethbridge – 10,949 cases (50 new), 851 active, 80 deaths (one new)
  • West Lethbridge – 4,206 cases (25 new), 363 active, 11 deaths (one new)
  • North Lethbridge – 3,419 cases (five new), 195 active, 25 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 3,328 cases (20 new), 297 active, 44 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 6,672 cases (29 new), 505 active, 83 deaths (one new)
• Brooks – 2,578 cases (12 new), 90 active, 30 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 2,497 cases (nine new), 139 active, 21 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,441 cases (10 new), 171 active, 42 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,590 cases (two new), 102 active, 18 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,116 cases (two new), 68 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,047 cases (nine new), 93 active, 13 deaths
• County of Warner – 1,025 cases (seven new), 85 active, five deaths
• Fort Macleod – 760 cases (two new), 60 active, seven deaths
• County of Newell – 630 cases (two new), 41 active, nine deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 409 cases (two new), 22 active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 297 cases (one new), 25 active, three deaths
• Waterton – Eight cases, zero active, zero deaths