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By David Opinko

COVID hospitalizations fall this weekend in Alberta but deaths remain high

Feb 14, 2022 | 4:35 PM

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

In that time, 2,657 cases were confirmed across the province for a daily average of 882. Of those, 20,865 cases are active while 492,171 people have recovered.

With 10,217 tests conducted over the weekend, the positivity rate was 26 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 last three days, 286 people tested positive in the South Zone, or 95 per day. That includes 134 in Lethbridge (45/day).

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Active infections in the region went down by 191 and in the city by 47.

Since Friday’s update, 35 Albertans died from COVID including 15 in the Calgary Zone, eight in the Edmonton Zone, five each in the Central and North Zones, and two in the South Zone. To date, 3,776 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 County of Warner.

Provincially, 1,528 patients are currently hospitalized including 124 who have been admitted to intensive care. This marks decreases of 38 for hospitalizations and three for ICU compared to our most recent 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.

COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Alberta. (Alberta Health Services)

Active COVID-19 cases 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 – 208,912 cases, 7,845 active
  • 562 in hospital, 44 in ICU
  • 1,029 deaths (15 new)
• Edmonton Zone – 165,415 cases, 6,047 active
  • 582 in hospital, 56 in ICU
  • 1,495 deaths (eight new)
• North Zone – 57,567 cases, 2,288 active
  • 125 in hospital, eight in ICU
  • 450 deaths (five new)
• Central Zone – 51,567 cases, 2,538 active
  • 163 in hospital, eight in ICU
  • 469 deaths (five new)
• South Zone – 32,783 cases, 1,952 active
  • 96 in hospital, eight in ICU
  • 333 deaths (two new)

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

• Lethbridge – 11,120 cases (134 new), 751 active, 82 deaths (one new)
  • West Lethbridge – 4,298 cases (72 new), 337 active, 11 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,459 cases (32 new), 174 active, 26 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 3,368 cases (30 new), 244 active, 45 deaths (one new)
• Medicine Hat – 6,753 cases (62 new), 423 active, 84 deaths
• Brooks – 2,590 cases (seven new), 66 active, 30 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 2,537 cases (29 new), 132 active, 21 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,466 cases (15 new), 154 active, 42 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,595 cases (two new), 72 active, 18 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,122 cases (five new), 51 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,061 cases (four new), 89 active, 13 deaths
• County of Warner – 1,031 cases (two new), 67 active, six deaths (one new)
• Fort Macleod – 766 cases (five new), 41 active, eight deaths
• County of Newell – 637 cases (four new), 42 active, nine deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 411 cases (two new), 20 active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 303 cases (five new), 26 active, three deaths
• Waterton – Eight cases, zero active, zero deaths