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By Connor Gunn

467 new COVID cases in Alberta Tuesday

Mar 8, 2022 | 5:10 PM

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

467 new cases were confirmed across the province in that time period, bringing the total to 529,184. Of those, 7,149 cases are active while 518,056 people have recovered.

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, 49 people tested positive with 31 in Lethbridge.

Since Monday’s update, seven Albertans reportedly died from COVID. To date, 3,979 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

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There were reportedly two new deaths from the County of Warner. The provincial chart states there was one death in the South Zone, but the local map shows there were two new deaths.

Provincially, 1,106 patients are currently hospitalized including 77 who have been admitted to intensive care.

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 – 213,108 cases, 2,260 active
  • 389 in hospital, 26 in ICU
  • 1,090 deaths (one new)
• Edmonton Zone – 169,144 cases, 2,089 active
  • 370 in hospital, 33 in ICU
  • 1,558 deaths (two new)
• North Zone – 59,027 cases, 953 active
  • 130 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 476 deaths (one new)
• Central Zone – 53,424 cases, 1,070 active
  • 128 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 505 deaths (two new)
• South Zone – 34,118 cases, 768 active
  • 89 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 350 deaths (unspecified)

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

• Lethbridge – 11,653 cases (31 new), 324 active, 87 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 4,508 cases (eight new), 132 active, 12 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,607 cases (six new), 88 active, 27 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 3,545 cases (17 new), 106 active, 48 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 6,996 cases (nine new), 137 active, 88 deaths
• Brooks – 2,630 cases (one new), 13 active, 32 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 2,636 cases (two new), 53 active, 22 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,603 cases (one new), 81 active, 44 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,641 cases, 34 active, 19 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,152 cases (one new), 23 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,139 cases (one new), 31 active, 13 deaths
• County of Warner – 1,081 cases (three new), 21 active, eight deaths (two new)
• Fort Macleod – 809 cases, 29 active, eight deaths
• County of Newell – 649 cases, seven active, nine deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 421 cases (one new), three active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 322 cases, seven active, three deaths
• Waterton – eight cases, zero active, zero deaths