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By David Opinko

Active COVID cases fall sharply in South Zone

Feb 24, 2022 | 4:26 PM

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

682 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 523,786. Of those, 10,626 cases are active while 509,275 people have recovered.

With 3,436 tests conducted during that time, the positivity rate was 19.8 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, 86 people tested positive with 23 in Lethbridge.

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Active infections in the region fell by 456 and by 28 in the city.

Since yesterday’s update, two deaths were reported with one each in the Central and Edmonton Zones. To date, 3,885 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

Provincially, 1,357 patients are currently hospitalized including 92 who have been admitted to intensive care. That marks a decrease of 16 for hospitalizations and an increase of two for ICU 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 – 211,365 cases, 3,591 active
  • 491 in hospital, 34 in ICU
  • 1,068 deaths
• Edmonton Zone – 167,503 cases, 3,014 active
  • 474 in hospital, 37 in ICU
  • 1,526 deaths (one new)
• North Zone – 58,219 cases, 1,480 active
  • 138 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 465 deaths
• Central Zone – 52,565 cases, 1,413 active
  • 148 in hospital, five in ICU
  • 489 deaths (one new)
• South Zone – 33,504 cases, 1,064 active
  • 106 in hospital, 12 in ICU
  • 337 deaths

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

• Lethbridge – 11,372 cases (23 new), 402 active, 84 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 4,34 cases (11 new), 161 active, 11 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,533 cases (four new), 116 active, 27 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 3,450 cases (eight new), 125 active, 46 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 6,891 cases (18 new), 209 active, 85 deaths
• Brooks – 2,618 cases (two new), 39 active, 30 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 2,594 cases (three new), 95 active, 21 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,533 cases (16 new), 80 active, 43 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,616 cases (four new), 34 active, 18 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,136 cases (one new), 15 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,118 cases (10 new), 63 active, 13 deaths
• County of Warner – 1,066 cases (two new), 42 active, six deaths
• Fort Macleod – 794 cases (five new), 32 active, eight deaths
• County of Newell – 647 cases (two new), 16 active, nine deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 417 cases, nine active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 319 cases (one new), 22 active, three deaths
• Waterton – eight cases, zero active, zero deaths