COVID-19

By Connor Gunn

4,740 new COVID cases in Alberta over weekend

Sep 13, 2021 | 3:54 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB — Alberta Health Services has released its report on COVID-19 for Monday, covering statistics compiled over the past three days.

A total of 4,740 cases (1,584 on September 12,1,497 on September 11, and 1,659 on September 10) were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 270,777. Of those, 18,395 cases are active while 249,920 people have recovered.

In the South Zone, 409 people tested positive with 61 in Lethbridge.

Since Friday’s update, 18 Albertans died from COVID including five people from the South Zone. To date, 2,462 Albertans have died as a result of the virus.

The deaths in the South Zone were from a resident in North Lethbridge, three from Medicine Hat, and one from the MD of Taber.

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Provincially, 803 patients are currently hospitalized with COVID including 198 who have been admitted to intensive care.

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

• Calgary Zone – 106,655 cases, 5,226 active
  • 232 in hospital, 56 in ICU
  • 733 deaths (three new)
• Edmonton Zone – 88,741 cases, 5,357 active
  • 277 in hospital, 86 in ICU
  • 1,137 deaths (three new)
• North Zone – 33,074 cases, 3,199 active
  • 82 in hospital, 15 in ICU
  • 228 deaths (five new)
• Cental Zone – 25,632 cases, 2,751 active
  • 130 in hospital, 19 in ICU
  • 193 deaths (two new)
• South Zone – 16,592 cases, 1,802 active
  • 82 in hospital, 22 in ICU
  • 171 deaths (five new)

Below is a breakdown of new cases in the South Health Zone.

• Lethbridge – 5,481 cases (61 new), 286 active, 42 deaths (one new)
  • West Lethbridge – 2,047 cases (17 new), 110 active, five deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 1,798 cases (30 new), 95 active, 12 deaths (one new)
  • South Lethbridge – 1,633 cases (14 new), 79 active, 25 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 3,001 cases (129 new), 599 active, 44 deaths (three new)
• Brooks – 1,732 cases (20 new), 113 active, 16 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 1,461 cases (33 new), 121 active, 14 deaths
• Cardston County – 1,317 cases (34 new), 154 active, 22 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 811 cases (32 new), 174 active, seven deaths (one new)
• Cypress County – 612 cases (32 new), 118 active, one death
• County of Warner – 528 cases (15 new), 41 active, three deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 457 cases 15 new), 61 active, six deaths
• Fort Macleod – 390 cases (10 new), 52 active, six deaths
• County of Newell – 325 cases (13 new), 39 active, four deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 186 cases (five new), 13 active, three deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 111 cases (three new), 15 active, one death
• Waterton – Seven cases, zero active, zero deaths