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Eight new COVID deaths reported in Alberta Friday, none in South Zone

Feb 18, 2022 | 6:18 PM

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

619 new cases were reported, bringing Alberta’s total case count to 519,970. In the past 24 hours, 3,766 tests were completed, with a positivity rate of 21.5 per cent.

Eight new COVID-19 related deaths were reported, bringing the province’s total death count to 3,830. Five new deaths were reported in the Calgary Zone, two in the North and one in the Central Zone.

1,494 people are currently hospitalized, including 116 in intensive care (ICU).

74 new cases were reported in the South Health Zone.

Below is a breakdown of cases per health zone in Alberta:

  • Calgary Zone – 210,069 cases, 5,570 active
    • 536 in hospital, 43 in ICU
    • 1,051 deaths (five new)
  • Edmonton Zone – 166,377 cases, 4,483 active
    • 561 in hospital, 50 in ICU
    • 1,508 deaths
  • North Zone – 57,618 cases, 1,842 active
    • 135 in hospital, six in ICU
    • 459 deaths (two new)
  • Central Zone – 52,071 cases, 1,933 active
    • 160 in hospital, eight in ICU
    • 478 deaths (one new)
  • South Zone – 33,130 cases, 1,462 active
    • 102 in hospital, nine in ICU
    • 334 deaths

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

  • Lethbridge – 11,243 cases (23 new), 576 active, 82 deaths
    • West Lethbridge – 4,344 cases (seven new), 244 active, 11 deaths
    • North Lethbridge – 3,500 cases (nine new), 150 active, 26 deaths
    • South Lethbridge – 3,404 cases (seven new), 184 active, 45 deaths
  • Medicine Hat – 6,825 cases (19 new), 308 active, 84 deaths
  • Brooks – 2,607 cases (two new), 62 active, 30 deaths
  • Lethbridge County – 2,563 cases (four new), 104 active, 21 deaths
  • Cardston County – 2,496 cases (10 new), 116 active, 43 deaths
  • M.D. of Taber – 1,604 cases (four new), 44 active, 18 deaths
  • Cypress County – 1,127 cases (one new), 27 active, six deaths
  • M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,081 cases (four new), 65 active, 13 deaths
  • County of Warner – 1,053 cases (four new), 55 active, six deaths
  • Fort Macleod – 775 cases (four new), 30 active, eight deaths
  • County of Newell – 642 cases (one new), 26 active, nine deaths
  • County of Forty Mile – 413 cases, 15 active, five deaths
  • Crowsnest Pass – 314 cases, 22 active, three deaths
  • Waterton – eight cases, zero active, zero deaths