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By David Opinko

South Zone Outbreak Updates

South Zone sees 31 new COVID cases, two deaths

Mar 9, 2021 | 3:57 PM

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

255 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 136,374. Of those, 4,470 cases are active while 129,978 people have recovered.

In the South Zone, 31 people tested positive including 24 in Lethbridge.

While active infections remained flat regionally, they rose by six in the city.

Since yesterday’s update, six Albertans died from COVID including two each in the South and Edmonton Zones and one each in the Calgary and Central Zones. To date, 1,926 Albertans have died from the virus.

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The deaths in the South Zone were for residents of South Lethbridge and Cardston County.

For the person from Lethbridge, AHS has confirmed to LNN that it was a man in his 80’s. His death is linked to the outbreak at the Edith Cavell Care Centre.

The other death was for a man in his 80’s from Cardston County. His death is linked to the outbreak at the Cardston Health Centre.

Both patients had comorbidities.

We have also inquired about the latest updates on 10 active outbreaks of COVID across the region. These include:

Note: This list originally listed one death at Quest Support Group Home. That was an error that has now been corrected.

• Acute care facilities:
  • Cardston Health Centre
    • One case, zero active
    • One death
  • Chinook Regional Hospital
    • One case, one active
• Long term care facilities:
  • The Valleyview (Medicine Hat)
    • 20 cases, five active, 12 recovered
    • Three deaths
• Supportive living/home living sites
  • Edith Cavell Care Centre (Lethbridge)
    • Five cases, one active, three recovered
    • One death
  • Quest Support group home (Lethbridge)
    • Five cases, all recovered
  • The View at Lethbridge
    • 92 cases, zero active, 86 recovered
    • Six deaths
• Other facilities and settings:
  • Blackfoot Family Lodge Society (Lethbridge)
    • Seven cases, six active, one recovered
  • Haul All Equipment (Lethbridge)
    • 14 cases, zero active, all recovered
  • Lethbridge Alpha House
    • 80 cases, four active, 75 recovered
    • One death
  • Safe Haven Women’s Shelter (Taber)
    • Six cases, two active, four recovered

Provincially, 263 patients are currently hospitalized including 37 who have been admitted to intensive care.

With another 5,434 tests conducted over the past day, there has now been a total of 3,481,853 tests completed on 1,840,457 different people.

303,823 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered as of the end of March 8.

Starting March 10, more Albertans will be able to book vaccination appointments for the shots from Astra Zeneca.

READ MORE: Bookings for AstraZeneca vaccine start for eligible Albertans Mar. 10

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.

Trends in COVID-19 cases in Alberta (Alberta Health Services)

28 new cases of the U.K. COVID-19 variant were confirmed today including an additional two in the South Zone.

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

Below is a breakdown of cases per regional health zone:

• Edmonton Zone – 54,496 cases, 1,182 active
  • 76 in hospital, 12 in ICU
  • 980 deaths (two new)
• Calgary Zone – 52,129 cases, 1,594 active
  • 89 in hospital, 13 in ICU
  • 593 deaths (one new)
• North Zone – 12,442 cases, 876 active
  • 33 in hospital, one in ICU
  • 140 deaths
• Central Zone – 10,428 cases, 440 active
  • 31 in hospital, seven in ICU
  • 116 deaths (one new)
• South Zone – 6,775 cases, 368 active
  • 34 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 97 deaths (two new)

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

• Brooks – 1,363 cases, two active, 14 deaths
• Lethbridge – 2,333 cases (24 new), 284 active, 24 deaths (one new)
  • South Lethbridge – 775 cases (10 new), 74 active, 19 deaths (one new)
  • West Lethbridge – 779 cases (six new), 84 active, two deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 778 cases (eight new), 126 active, three deaths
• Cardston County – 636 cases (three new), 45 active, 13 deaths (one new)
• Medicine Hat – 559 cases, 10 active, 17 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 552 cases (two new), 11 active, seven deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 341 cases, four active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 219 cases (one new), four active, five deaths
• County of Warner – 162 cases, zero active, three deaths
• County of Newell – 160 cases, one active, two deaths
• Cypress County – 145 cases, zero active, zero deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 118 cases, one active, two deaths
• Fort Macleod – 103 cases, five active, four deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 24 cases, zero active, zero deaths