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By Connor Gunn

Alberta COVID hospitalizations drop significantly over past four days

Mar 7, 2022 | 4:34 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Monday, covering statistics from the past four days.

1,615 new cases were confirmed across the province in that time period, bringing the total to 528,717. Of those, 7,158 cases are active while 517,587 people have recovered.

An average of 403 new cases were recorded over the last four days.

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 number of people who have actually contracted COVID since then would be higher than what is being reported by the province.

In the South Zone, 155 people tested positive with 79 in Lethbridge.

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Since Thursday’s update, 26 Albertans died from COVID with five in the South Zone. To date, 3,972 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

Two of the five deaths were for people in West and South Lethbridge.

Provincially, 1,103 patients are currently hospitalized including 77 who have been admitted to intensive care. This marks a decrease of 101 for hospitalizations and three for 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.

Active COVID-19 cases in Alberta. (Alberta Health Services)

COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions 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 – 212,909 cases, 2,218 active
  • 386 in hospital, 27 in ICU
  • 1,089 deaths (six new)
• Edmonton Zone – 168,972 cases, 2,083 active
  • 372 in hospital, 31 in ICU
  • 1,556 deaths (six new)
• North Zone – 58,984 cases, 985 active
  • 132 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 475 deaths (one new)
• Central Zone – 53,361 cases, 1,055 active
  • 126 in hospital, seven in ICU
  • 503 deaths (eight new)
• South Zone – 34,069 cases, 797 active
  • 87 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 349 deaths (five new)

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

• Lethbridge – 11,622 cases (79 new), 327 active, 87 deaths (two new)
  • West Lethbridge – 4,500 cases (42 new), 131 active, 12 deaths (one new)
  • North Lethbridge – 3,601 cases (17 new), 89 active, 27 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 3,528 cases (20 new), 109 active, 48 deaths (one new)
• Medicine Hat – 6,987 cases (23 new), 138 active, 88 deaths
• Brooks – 2,629 cases (four new), 13 active, 32 deaths (one new)
• Lethbridge County – 2,634 cases (18 new), 57 active, 22 deaths (one new)
• Cardston County – 2,602 cases (23 new), 85 active, 44 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,641 cases (eight new), 37 active, 19 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,151 cases, 23 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,138 cases (two new), 37 active, 13 deaths
• County of Warner – 1,078 cases (one new), 31 active, six deaths
• Fort Macleod – 809 cases (four new), 31 active, eight deaths
• County of Newell – 649 cases (three new), seven active, nine deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 420 cases, six active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 322 cases, eight active, three deaths
• Waterton – eight cases, zero active, zero deaths