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By LNN Staff

595 new COVID cases reported in Alberta Friday

Feb 25, 2022 | 4:18 PM

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

595 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 524,381. Of those, 10,112 cases are active while 510,371 people have recovered.

With 3,175 tests conducted during that time, the positivity rate was 18 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, 76 people tested positive with 32 in Lethbridge.

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Since yesterday’s update, 13 deaths were reported in the province. To date, 3,898 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

Provincially, 1,295 patients are currently hospitalized including 88 who have been admitted to intensive care. That marks a decrease of 62 for hospitalizations and a decrease of four in the ICU compared to our most recent report on Thursday.

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 – 211,535 cases, 3,371 active
  • 457 in hospital, 29 in ICU
  • 1,072 deaths (four new)
• Edmonton Zone – 167,690 cases, 2,859 active
  • 459 in hospital, 37 in ICU
  • 1,531 deaths (five new)
• North Zone – 58,320 cases, 1,428 active
  • 135 in hospital, five in ICU
  • 468 deaths (three new)
• Central Zone – 52,661 cases, 1,371 active
  • 143 in hospital, five in ICU
  • 490 deaths (one new)
• South Zone – 33,580 cases, 1,032 active
  • 101 in hospital, 12 in ICU
  • 337 deaths

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

• Lethbridge – 11,404 cases (32 new), 386 active, 84 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 4,404 cases (10 new), 149 active, 11 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,543 cases (10 new), 114 active, 27 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 3,462 cases (12 new), 123 active, 46 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 6,907 cases (16 new), 211 active, 85 deaths
• Brooks – 2,619 cases (one new), 33 active, 30 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 2,598 cases (four new), 86 active, 21 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,542 cases (nine new), 81 active, 43 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,619 cases (three new), 34 active, 18 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,140 cases (four new), 18 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,120 cases (two new), 58 active, 13 deaths
• County of Warner – 1,068 cases (two new), 42 active, six deaths
• Fort Macleod – 797 cases (three new), 34 active, eight deaths
• County of Newell – 646 cases, 13 active, nine deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 417 cases, eight active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 319 cases, 22 active, three deaths
• Waterton – eight cases, zero active, zero deaths

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