COVID-19

By Connor Gunn

COVID cases remain low in South Zone over past weekend

Nov 29, 2021 | 4:49 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Monday, covering statistics from the three days.

Note: Due to lower COVID-19 case counts in recent weeks, LNN will only be reporting COVID numbers twice per week on Mondays and Fridays. Should the situation change, we will go back to daily reporting.

In the past three days, there were a total of 806 cases (228 on Nov. 28, 253 on Nov. 27, 325 on Nov. 26) confirmed across the province. To date, there have been 335,009 cases in Alberta.

4,850 infections are active while 326,917 people have recovered.

In the South Zone, there were 49 positive tests. 11 people in Lethbridge and 12 in Medicine Hat contracted COVID.

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Since Friday’s update, seven Albertans died from COVID including one new in the South Zone. To date, 3,242 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

The death in the South Zone was for a resident of Lethbridge County.

Provincially, 432 patients are currently hospitalized including 77 who have been admitted to intensive care.

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

• Calgary Zone – 123,547 cases, 1,847 active
  • 106 in hospital, 19 in ICU
  • 851 deaths (one new)
• Edmonton Zone – 103,909 cases, 1,146 active
  • 134 in hospital, 37 in ICU
  • 1,312 deaths
• North Zone – 46,299 cases, 831 active
  • 56 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 392 deaths (three new)
• Central Zone – 38,039 cases, 664 active
  • 88 in hospital, seven in ICU
  • 398 deaths (two new)
• South Zone – 23,175 cases, 358 active
  • 48 in hospital, eight in ICU
  • 289 deaths (one new)

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

• Lethbridge – 7,179 cases (11 new), 128 active, 62 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 2,630 cases (four new), 52 active, eight deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 2,366 cases (three new), 41 active, 22 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 2,176 cases (four new), 35 active, 32 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 4,560 cases (12 new), 64 active, 78 deaths
• Brooks – 2,100 cases (three new), 11 active, 24 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 1,978 cases (nine new), 26 active, 20 deaths (one new)
• Cardston County – 1,859 cases (three new), 30 active, 40 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,295 cases (one new), 21 active, 17 deaths
• Cypress County – 861 cases (four new), 15 active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 790 cases (one new), 12 active, four deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 651 cases (one new), six active, 11 deaths
• Fort Macleod – 575 cases (one new), 11 active, seven deaths
• County of Newell – 512 cases (three new), 15 active, eight deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 344 cases, two active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 180 cases, 14 active, one death
• Waterton – Seven cases, zero active, zero deaths