COVID rapid test -- AHS

By Connor Gunn

Hospitalizations drop, 593 new COVID cases in Alberta Wednesday

Mar 16, 2022 | 6:04 PM

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

593 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 533,164. Of those, 6,449 cases are active while 522,702 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.

Since the lifting of restrictions, Health Minister Jason Copping says the COVID situation has improved.

Copping adds that, at this point in the pandemic, longer-term trends are more important than day-to-day fluctuations.

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The number of people that have from COVID-19 since the pandemic began is 4,013.

Provincially, 989 patients are currently hospitalized including 70 who have been admitted to intensive care. This marks a decrease of 12 for hospitalizations and no changes for ICU compared to our most recent report on Tuesday.

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)

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

• Calgary Zone – 214,520 cases, 2,214 active
  • 314 in hospital, 20 in ICU
  • 1,095 deaths
• Edmonton Zone – 170,469 cases, 1,946 active
  • 336 in hospital, 30 in ICU
  • 1,571 deaths
• North Zone – 59,470 cases, 712 active
  • 130 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 484 deaths
• Central Zone – 53,965 cases, 928 active
  • 125 in hospital, eight in ICU
  • 509 deaths
• South Zone – 34,504 cases, 636 active
  • 84 in hospital, eight in ICU
  • 354 deaths

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

• Lethbridge – 11,819 cases (24 new), 288 active, 88 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 4,557 cases (nine new), 98 active, 12 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,675 cases (16 new), 100 active, 28 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 3,593 cases (one less), 89 active, 48 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 7,076 cases (14 new), 124 active, 89 deaths
• Brooks – 2,635 cases, nine active, 32 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 2,661 cases (six new), 46 active, 22 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,634 cases (nine new), 58 active, 45 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,654 cases (two new), 21 active, 19 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,167 cases (six new), 19 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,161 cases (three), 20 active, 14 deaths
• County of Warner – 1,094 cases (one new), 17 active, eight deaths
• Fort Macleod – 822 cases (four new), 19 active, eight deaths
• County of Newell – 651 cases, six active, nine deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 422 cases, three active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 324 cases (one new), three active, three deaths
• Waterton – eight cases, zero active, zero deaths