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603 new COVID cases confirmed in Alberta Friday

Oct 29, 2021 | 4:00 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Friday, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.

603 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 322,989. Of those, 8,158 cases are active while 311,738 people have recovered.

In the South Zone, 55 people tested positive with 14 of those coming from Lethbridge.

Since yesterday’s update, eight Albertans died from COVID with four in the South Zone. To date, 3,093 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

The deaths in the South Zone were for residents of North Lethbridge, South Lethbridge, and Lethbridge County.

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Provincially, 765 patients are currently hospitalized including 180 who have been admitted to intensive care.

Below is a graph showing how COVID-19 in Alberta has trended since the start of the pandemic, which can also be accessed with more detail here.

Active COVID-19 cases in Alberta. (Alberta Health Services)

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

• Calgary Zone – 119,506 cases, 2,078 active
  • 164 in hospital, 48 in ICU
  • 831 deaths (one new)
• Edmonton Zone – 101,260 cases, 1,847 active
  • 245 in hospital, 83 in ICU
  • 1,282 deaths
• North Zone – 43,919 cases, 1,725 active
  • 107 in hospital, 10 in ICU
  • 354 deaths (two new)
• Central Zone – 36,075 cases, 1,635 active
  • 162 in hospital, 18 in ICU
  • 358 deaths (one new)
• South Zone – 22,183 cases, 868 active
  • 87 in hospital, 21 in ICU
  • 268 deaths (four new)

Below is a breakdown of cases in the South Health Zone. The numbers in brackets show new cases or deaths over the last day:

• Lethbridge – 6,870 cases (14 new), 282 active, 57 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 2,513 cases (four new), 105 active, six deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 2,259 cases (six new), 83 active, 19 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 2,091 cases (four new), 95 active, 32 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 4,414 cases (five new), 145 active, 77 deaths (two new)
• Brooks – 2,076 cases (three new), 22 active, 23 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 1,896 cases (nine new), 98 active, 18 deaths
• Cardston County – 1,767 cases (nine new), 76 active, 36 deaths (one new)
• M.D. of Taber – 1,217 cases (two new), 43 active, 14 deaths (one new)
• Cypress County – 827 cases, 19 active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 746 cases (four new), 51 active, four deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 614 cases (five new), 32 active, nine deaths
• Fort Macleod – 524 cases (two new), 20 active, six deaths
• County of Newell – 464 cases (one new), 25 active, six deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 335 cases (two new), 22 active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 163 cases (one new), 26 active, one death
• Waterton – Seven cases, zero active, zero deaths