COVID-19 virus

By Dori Modney

New COVID cases continue to drop in Alberta, 16 new infections in Lethbridge Monday

Feb 15, 2021 | 5:14 PM

EDMONTON, AB. – Alberta Health Services has released its update on COVID-19 for Sunday, Feb 14, covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.

251 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 129,075. Of those, 5,222 cases are active while 122,071 people have recovered.

In the South Zone, there were no new positive tests to COVID-19.

Two Albertans died from COVID since Saturday’s update – one in the Calgary Zone, the other in the North Zone. To date, the virus has claimed the lives of 1,782.

5,389 tests were completed on February 14th, 3,308,358 tests have been completed in Alberta to date.

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Below is a graph of how COVID-19 cases in Alberta have trended since the start of the pandemic, which can also be accessed with more detail here.

COVID Case Map

Below is a breakdown of cases per provincial health zone:

• Edmonton Zone – 52,709 cases, 1,435 active
  • 118 in hospital, 19 in ICU
  • 922 deaths
• Calgary Zone – 49,599 cases, 1,989 active
  • 128 in hospital, 24 in ICU
  • 554 deaths (One new)
• North Zone – 10,888 cases, 753 active
  • 45 in hospital, one in ICU
  • 126 deaths (One new).
• Central Zone – 9,566 cases, 706 active
  • 29 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 101 deaths
• South Zone – 6,200 cases, 300 active
  • 36 in hospital, 10 in ICU
  • 79 deaths

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

• Brooks – 1,365 cases, two active, 14 deaths
• Lethbridge – 1,922 cases, 200 active, 17 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 664 cases, 48 active, two deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 662 cases, 73 active, 13 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 595 cases, 78 active, two deaths
• Medicine Hat – 541 cases, 17 active, 14 deaths
• Cardston County – 540 cases, 54 active, eight deaths
• Lethbridge County – 528 cases, 13 active, seven deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 333 cases, five active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 212 cases, 29 active, four deaths
• County of Newell – 158 cases, one active, two deaths
• County of Warner – 160 cases, two active, two deaths
• Cypress County – 145 cases, one active, zero deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 117 cases, zero active, two deaths
• Fort Macleod – 95 cases, three active, three deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 24 cases, zero active, zero deaths