1,346 COVID cases confirmed in Alberta Wednesday, 522 were Omicron

With 11,516 tests conducted over the past day, the positivity rate was 11.7 per cent.

Active infections shot up by 1,020 across the province but just by seven in the South Zone.

Since yesterday’s update, five Albertans died from COVID including two each in the Central and North Zones and one in the Calgary Zone. To date, 3,299 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

Provincially, 326 patients are currently hospitalized including 65 who have been admitted to intensive care.

Below are graphs 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)

COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Alberta. (Alberta Health Services)

COVID-19 outcomes by vaccination status. (Alberta Health Services)

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

Calgary Zone – 128,685 cases, 3,887 active
- 113 in hospital, 19 in ICU
- 858 deaths (one new)
Edmonton Zone – 106,854 cases, 2,087 active
- 97 in hospital, 31 in ICU
- 1,329 deaths
North Zone – 47,034 cases, 406 active
- 39 in hospital, six in ICU
- 408 deaths (two new)
Central Zone – 38,900 cases, 454 active
- 61 in hospital, seven in ICU
- 414 deaths (two new)
South Zone – 23,566 cases, 223 active
- 16 in hospital, two in ICU
- 290 deaths

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 – 7,326 cases (five new), 88 active, 62 deaths
- West Lethbridge – 2,697 cases (five new), 49 active, eight deaths
- North Lethbridge – 2,395 cases, 14 active, 22 deaths
- South Lethbridge – 2,227 cases, 25 active, 32 deaths
Medicine Hat – 4,646 cases (eight new), 46 active, 78 deaths
Brooks – 2,108 cases, five active, 24 deaths
Lethbridge County – 2,023 cases (one new), 23 active, 20 deaths
Cardston County – 1,876 cases, nine active, 40 deaths
M.D. of Taber – 1,312 cases (one new), 10 active, 18 deaths
Cypress County – 878 cases (two new), 12 active, six deaths
County of Warner – 799 cases, four active, four deaths
M.D. of Pincher Creek – 661 cases, three active, 11 deaths
Fort Macleod – 578 cases, two active, seven deaths
County of Newell – 529 cases, 13 active, eight deaths
County of Forty Mile – 345 cases, zero active, five deaths
Crowsnest Pass – 185 cases (one new), two active, one death
Waterton – Eight cases, zero active, zero deaths

by David Opinko

1,346 COVID cases confirmed in Alberta Wednesday, 522 were Omicron

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