COVID-19. (Dreamstime)

By David Opinko

83% of Alberta 1,391 COVID cases were variants

Apr 19, 2021 | 4:04 PM

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

1,391 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 172,186. Of those, 18,424 cases are active while 151,719 people have recovered.

1,160 cases, or about 83 per cent of today’s total, were variants.

In the South Zone, 85 people tested positive.

Due to statistical inconsistencies on AHS’s part, we are unable to say how many cases are new on a community-level basis.

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Since yesterday’s update, three Albertans died from COVID with one each in the Calgary, Central, and North Zones, meaning the virus has claimed the lives of 2,043.

Provincially, 460 patients are currently hospitalized including 104 who have been admitted to intensive care.

With another 12,588 tests conducted over the past day, there has now been a total of 3,967,736 tests completed on 1,983,974 different people.

1,165,223 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Alberta as of the end of April 18.

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-19 trends in Alberta. (Alberta Health Services)

A breakdown of COVID-19 variants in Alberta can be found below.

COVID-19 variants in Alberta. (Alberta Health Services)

Below is a breakdown of cases per regional health zone:

• Calgary Zone – 68,135 cases, 8,025 active
  • 189 in hospital, 50 in ICU
  • 619 deaths (one new)
• Edmonton Zone – 63,141 cases, 4,887 active
  • 155 in hospital, 36 in ICU
  • 1,031 deaths
• North Zone – 17,432 cases, 2,575 active
  • 38 in hospital, seven in ICU
  • 151 deaths (one new)
• Central Zone – 13,945 cases, 1,930 active
  • 46 in hospital, three in ICU
  • 130 deaths (one new)
• South Zone – 9,438 cases, 938 active
  • 32 in hospital, eight in ICU
  • 112 deaths

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

• Lethbridge – 3,860 cases, 462 active, 34 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 1,386 cases, 242 active, three deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 1,294 cases, 110 active, eight deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 1,171 cases, 111 active, 23 deaths
• Brooks – 1,377 cases, 10 active, 14 deaths
• Cardston County – 851 cases, 39 active, 15 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 859 cases, 177 active, nine deaths
• Medicine Hat – 727 cases, 113 active, 17 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 461 cases, 42 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 265 cases, 17 active, five deaths
• County of Warner – 234 cases, 51 active, three deaths
• Cypress County – 192 cases, 32 active, zero deaths
• County of Newell – 174 cases, 11 active, two deaths
• Fort Macleod – 183 cases, 25 active, four deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 137 cases, seven active, three deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 36 cases, six active, zero deaths