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By Connor Gunn

25 new COVID cases in Lethbridge Wednesday, 1,799 provincially

May 12, 2021 | 4:05 PM

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

1,799 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 213,635. Of those, 24,962 cases are active while 186,550 people have recovered.

In the South Zone, 85 people tested positive with 25 of those coming from Lethbridge.

Active infections in the city fell by seven but remained flat regionally.

Since yesterday’s update, four Albertans died from COVID. To date, 2,119 Albertans have died as a result of the virus. There were no new deaths in the South Zone.

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Provincially, 737 patients are currently hospitalized including 169 who have been admitted to intensive care.

With another 17,534 tests conducted over the past day, there has now been a total of 4,360,671 tests completed on 2,098,726 different people.

1,975,341 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Alberta as of the end of May 11.

426 cases, or about 23 per cent of today’s total, were variants.

Chart from AHS

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.

Image from AHS

Below is a breakdown of cases per health zone:

• Calgary Zone – 86,549 cases, 11,611 active
  • 265 in hospital, 59 in ICU
  • 644 deaths (one new)
• Edmonton Zone – 73,251 cases, 5,606 active
  • 263 in hospital, 77 in ICU
  • 1,049 deaths (one new)
• North Zone – 23,648 cases, 3,675 active
  • 96 in hospital, 13 in ICU
  • 165 deaths (one new)
• Central Zone – 18,606 cases, 2,742 active
  • 70 in hospital, nine in ICU
  • 144 deaths (one new)
• South Zone – 11,545 cases, 1,311 active
  • 43 in hospital, 11 in ICU
  • 121 deaths (one new)

Below is a breakdown of cases in the South:

• Lethbridge – 4,596 cases (25 new), 451 active, 37 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 1,664 cases (13 new), 172 active, three deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 1,558 cases (seven new), 165 active, 10 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 1,373 cases (five new), 112 active, 24 deaths
• Brooks – 1,444 cases (three new), 42 active, 14 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 1,156 cases (18 new), 185 active, 11 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 1,083 cases (17 new), 208 active, 18 deaths
• Cardston County – 968 cases (10 new), 79 active, 17 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 545 cases, 62 active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 413 cases (two new), 118 active, three deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 287 cases (two new), 20 active, five deaths
• Fort Macleod – 295 cases (one new), 77 active, five deaths
• Cypress County – 249 cases (five new), 24 active, zero deaths
• County of Newell – 195 cases (one new), 16 active, two deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 153 cases, nine active, three deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 64 cases (one new), 12 active, zero deaths
• Waterton – One case, zero active, zero deaths