Covid Virus

By Dori Modney

Alberta recorded 556 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday and 4 new deaths

Mar 20, 2021 | 5:59 PM

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

556 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 141,379. Of those, 5,618 cases are active while 133,800 people have recovered.

There were 57 new cases in Lethbridge bringing the active case count for the city up to 502.

There were also four new deaths due to COVID, three in the Edmonton Zone and one in the South Zone’s Lethbridge County, taking the total to 1,961.

Provincially, 279 patients are currently hospitalized including 47 who have been admitted to intensive care.

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With another 9,979 tests conducted over the past day, there has now been a total of 3,586,041 tests completed on 1,870,162 different people.

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 map

Since yesterday’s report, 99 new variant cases were confirmed in Alberta.

Below is a breakdown of cases per regional health zone:

• Edmonton Zone – 55,587 cases, 1,310 active
  • 89 in hospital, 11 in ICU
  • 997 deaths (three new)
• Calgary Zone – 54,166 cases, 2,296 active
  • 96 in hospital, 18 in ICU
  • 599 deaths
• North Zone – 13,126 cases, 735 active
  • 26 in hospital, three in ICU
  • 142 deaths
• Central Zone – 10,943 cases, 534 active
  • 33 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 120 deaths
• South Zone – 7,426 cases, 724 active
  • 35 in hospital, 9 in ICU
  • 103 deaths (one new)

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

• Lethbridge – 2,720 cases (57 new), 502 active, 28 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 944 cases (25 new), 208 active, six deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 912 cases (9 new), 154 active, 19 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 896 cases (23 new), 141 active, three deaths
• Brooks – 1,365 cases, two active, 14 deaths
• Cardston County – 733 cases (17 new), 109 active, 13 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 567 cases, 7 active, 17 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 584 cases (12 new), 35 active, 8 deaths (one new)
• M.D. of Taber – 351 cases (two new), ten active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 238 cases (3 new), 21 active, five deaths
• County of Warner – 177 cases, 15 active, three deaths
• County of Newell – 160 cases, zero active, two deaths
• Cypress County – 146 cases, one active, zero deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 122 cases (one new), four active, three deaths
• Fort Macleod – 117 cases (one new), 13 active, four deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 28 cases, four active, zero deaths