COVID-19. (Alberta Health Services)

By David Opinko

Active COVID cases in Lethbridge surpasses 300 as 34 new infections confirmed

Mar 10, 2021 | 3:48 PM

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

399 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 136,773. Of those, 4,463 cases are active while 130,382 people have recovered.

In the South Zone, 47 people tested positive including 34 in Lethbridge.

This has pushed active infections in the city above 300, an increase of 22 from Tuesday’s report. Across the region, active cases rose by 28.

Since yesterday’s update, two Albertans died from COVID with one each in the Calgary and Central Zones. To date, 1,928 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

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Provincially, 254 patients are currently hospitalized including 37 who have been admitted to intensive care.

With another 10,414 tests conducted over the past day, there has now been a total of 3,492,276 tests completed on 1,843,455 different people.

308,962 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Alberta as of the end of March 9.

As of 8:00 am on Thursday, March 11, more people will become eligible to book appointments for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine.

• All Albertans born in 1958
• First Nations, Metis, and Inuit born in 1973.

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Appointments can be scheduled through the AHS online booking tool or by phoning Health Link at 811.

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)

Since yesterday’s update, 47 new cases of the U.K. variant of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the province, including another four 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 – 54,581 cases, 1,156 active
  • 72 in hospital, 11 in ICU
  • 980 deaths
• Calgary Zone – 52,272 cases, 1,623 active
  • 90 in hospital, 13 in ICU
  • 594 deaths (one new)
• North Zone – 12,509 cases, 836 active
  • 30 in hospital, one in ICU
  • 140 deaths
• Central Zone – 10,483 cases, 440 active
  • 31 in hospital, seven in ICU
  • 117 deaths (one new)
• South Zone – 6,822 cases, 396 active
  • 31 in hospital, five in ICU
  • 97 deaths

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

• Brooks – 1,363 cases, two active, 14 deaths
• Lethbridge – 2,367 cases (34 new), 306 active, 24 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 793 cases (15 new), 126 active, three deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 788 cases (nine new), 88 active, two deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 785 cases (10 new), 81 active, 19 deaths
• Cardston County – 642 cases (six new), 47 active, 13 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 561 cases (two new), 12 active, 17 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 553 cases (one new), 11 active, seven deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 341 cases, four active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 219 cases, four active, five deaths
• County of Warner – 163 cases (one new), one active, three deaths
• County of Newell – 160 cases, one active, two deaths
• Cypress County – 146 cases (one new), one active, zero deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 119 cases (one new), two active, two deaths
• Fort Macleod – 104 cases (one new), four active, four deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 24 cases, zero active, zero deaths