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By David Opinko

AHS reports 18 COVID deaths in Alberta Thursday, none in South Zone

Feb 17, 2022 | 3:47 PM

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

813 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 519,351. Of those, 16,551 cases are active while 498,978 people have recovered.

With 4,041 tests conducted in that time, the positivity rate was 20.1 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, 84 people tested positive with 30 in Lethbridge.

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Active infections in the region fell by 140 and by 53 in the city.

Since yesterday’s update, 18 Albertans died from COVID with seven in the Calgary Zone, five in the Central Zone, four in the Edmonton Zone, and two in the North Zone. To date, 3,822 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

Provincially, 1,491 patients are currently hospitalized including 116 who have been admitted to intensive care. This marks decreases of nine and four 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.

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 – 209,894 cases, 6,094 active
  • 542 in hospital, 45 in ICU
  • 1,046 deaths (seven new)
• Edmonton Zone – 166,117 cases, 4,809 active
  • 557 in hospital, 50 in ICU
  • 1,508 deaths (four new)
• North Zone – 57,515 cases, 1,948 active
  • 135 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 457 deaths (two new)
• Central Zone – 51,937 cases, 2,045 active
  • 154 in hospital, seven in ICU
  • 477 deaths (five new)
• South Zone – 33,056 cases, 1,542 active
  • 103 in hospital, eight in ICU
  • 334 deaths

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

• Lethbridge – 11,220 cases (30 new), 617 active, 82 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 4,337 cases (10 new), 269 active, 11 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,491 cases (11 new), 153 active, 26 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 3,397 cases (nine new), 198 active, 45 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 6,806 cases (14 new), 314 active, 84 deaths
• Brooks – 2,605 cases (five new), 63 active, 30 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 2,559 cases (eight new), 113 active, 21 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,486 cases (five new), 117 active, 43 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,600 cases, 47 active, 18 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,126 cases (three new), 31 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,077 cases (eight new), 69 active, 13 deaths
• County of Warner – 1,049 cases (three new), 58 active, six deaths
• Fort Macleod – 771 cases, 31 active, eight deaths
• County of Newell – 641 cases, 29 active, nine deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 413 cases, 15 active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 314 cases (eight new), 22 active, three deaths
• Waterton – Eight cases, zero active, zero deaths