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By David Opinko

No COVID deaths reported in South Zone Tuesday

Feb 15, 2022 | 4:23 PM

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

838 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 517,650. Of those, 19,050 cases are active while 494,810 people have recovered.

With 2,499 tests conducted over that time, meaning the positivity rate was 33.5 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, 95 people tested positive with 26 in Lethbridge.

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Active infections in the region went down by 144 and in the city by 57.

Since yesterday’s update, 14 Albertans died from COVID including five in the Calgary Zone, four in the Edmonton Zone, three in the North Zone, and two in the Central Zone. To date, 3,790 people in the province died as a result of the virus.

Provincially, 1,538 patients are currently hospitalized including 123 who have been admitted to intensive care. This marks an increase of 10 for hospitalizations and a decrease of one for ICU compared to our most recent report on Monday.

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 – 209,283 cases, 7,076 active
  • 566 in hospital, 47 in ICU
  • 1,034 deaths (five new)
• Edmonton Zone – 165,636 cases, 5,542 active
  • 581 in hospital, 54 in ICU
  • 1,499 deaths (four new)
• North Zone – 57,220 cases, 2,127 active
  • 125 in hospital, seven in ICU
  • 453 deaths (three new)
• Central Zone – 51,683 cases, 2,352 active
  • 165 in hospital, eight in ICU
  • 471 deaths (two new)
• South Zone – 32,878 cases, 1,808 active
  • 101 in hospital, seven in ICU
  • 333 deaths

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

• Lethbridge – 11,146 cases (26 new), 694 active, 82 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 4,312 cases (14 new), 317 active, 11 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,469 cases (10 new), 168 active, 26 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 3,370 cases (two new), 212 active, 45 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 6,774 cases (21 new), 399 active, 84 deaths
• Brooks – 2,598 cases (eight new), 72 active, 30 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 2,544 cases (seven new), 126 active, 21 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,473 cases (seven new), 132 active, 42 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,598 cases (three new), 59 active, 18 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,123 cases (one new), 48 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,064 cases (three new), 73 active, 13 deaths
• County of Warner – 1,042 cases (11 new), 66 active, six deaths
• Fort Macleod – 768 cases (two new), 35 active, eight deaths
• County of Newell – 639 cases (two new), 40 active, nine deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 413 cases (two new), 20 active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 305 cases (two new), 20 active, three deaths
• Waterton – Eight cases, zero active, zero deaths