AHS no longer reporting active COVID cases in first weekly update

With the new way AHS reports COVID numbers, active cases are no longer being displayed so we are unable to report them. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said at Wednesday’s COVID-19 press conference that some data was being “consolidated,” but provided few other details.

In the South Zone, 171 people tested positive, or approximately 43 each day.

There were 88 new cases in Lethbridge for an average of 22 per day.

Since our last update, 21 Albertans died from COVID with six in the Calgary Zone, five in the South Zone, four in the North Zone, and three each in the Central and Edmonton Zones. To date, 4,044 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

Provincially, 956 patients are currently hospitalized including 56 who have been admitted to intensive care. This marks decreases of 10 for hospitalizations and six for ICU compared to our most recent report on Friday.

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)

COVID-19 hospitalizations by vaccination status. (Alberta Health Services)

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

Calgary Zone
- 215,714 cases
- 311 in hospital, 20 in ICU
- 1,101 deaths (six new)
Edmonton Zone
- 171,383 cases
- 319 in hospital, 21 in ICU
- 1,577 deaths (three new)
North Zone
- 59,725 cases
- 118 in hospital, four in ICU
- 493 deaths (four new)
Central Zone
- 54,309 cases
- 119 in hospital, six in ICU
- 514 deaths (three new)
South Zone
- 34,788 cases
- 89 in hospital, five in ICU
- 359 deaths (five new)

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

Lethbridge – 11,957 cases (88 new), 90 deaths (two new)
- West Lethbridge – 4,607 cases (35 new), 12 deaths
- North Lethbridge – 3,708 cases (21 new), 28 deaths
- South Lethbridge – 3,647 cases (31 new), 50 deaths (two new)
Medicine Hat – 7,131 cases (30 new), 89 deaths
Brooks – 2,642 cases (five new), 32 deaths
Lethbridge County – 2,684 cases (16 new), 23 deaths (one new)
Cardston County – 2,649 cases (11 new), 47 deaths (two new)
M.D. of Taber – 1,659 cases (three new), 19 deaths
M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,180 cases (four new), 14 deaths
Cypress County – 1,171 cases (three new), six deaths
County of Warner – 1,099 cases (four new), eight deaths
Fort Macleod – 824 cases (one new), eight deaths
County of Newell – 655 cases (two new), nine deaths
County of Forty Mile – 424 cases (two new), five deaths
Crowsnest Pass – 325 cases, three deaths
Waterton – eight cases, zero deaths

by David Opinko

AHS no longer reporting active COVID cases in first weekly update

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