COVID-19

By Connor Gunn

407 new COVID cases in Alberta, 11 in Lethbridge

Aug 17, 2021 | 4:12 PM

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

407 new COVID cases were reported Tuesday bringing the total to 240,753. Of those, 5,627 cases are active while 232,790.

In the South Zone, 53 people tested positive with 11 new in Lethbridge.

Active infections across the region continued to rise, now at 810.

Since yesterday’s update, three people have died as a result of the virus, meaning 2,336 people in Alberta have lost their lives. On the province’s website, it states there was one new death in the South Zone but does not say where it was from.

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Provincially, 176 patients are currently hospitalized including 44 who have been admitted to intensive care.

Below is a breakdown of cases per health zone in Alberta:

• Calgary Zone – 98,239 cases, 2,016 active
  • 68 in hospital, 17 in ICU
  • 709 deaths (one new)
• Edmonton Zone – 79,826 cases, 1,549 active
  • 59 in hospital, 16 in ICU
  • 1,111 deaths
• North Zone – 27,636 cases, 814 active
  • 15 in hospital, three in ICU
  • 204 deaths
• Central Zone – 21,471 cases, 428 active
  • 16 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 172 deaths (one new)
• South Zone – 13,563 cases, 810 active
  • 18 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 140 deaths (one new)

Below is a breakdown of new cases over the past 24 hours in the South Health Zone:

• Lethbridge – 4,992 cases (11 new), 108 active, 40 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 1,841 cases (eight new), 44 active, four deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 1,655 cases (three new), 32 active, 11 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 1,495 cases, 32 active, 25 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 1,856 cases (15 new), 495 active, 24 deaths
• Brooks – 1,553 cases (two new), 14 active, 15 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 1,293 cases (five new), 21 active, 14 deaths
• Cardston County – 1,054 cases (two new), 21 active, 19 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 588 cases (four new), 13 active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 475 cases (one new), six active, three deaths
• Cypress County – 405 cases (22 new), 82 active, one death
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 360 cases (three new), 18 active, five deaths
• Fort Macleod – 323 cases, four active, six deaths
• County of Newell – 260 cases (one new), eight active, three deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 161 cases (one new), three active, three deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 91 cases, five active, one death
• Waterton – Six cases, zero active, zero deaths