1,007 Albertans hospitalized with COVID, a new pandemic high

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Since Friday’s update, 23 Albertans died from COVID with 12 in the Calgary Zone, 10 in the Edmonton Zone, and one in the Central Zone. To date, 3,403 people in the province have died as a result of the pandemic.

Provincially, 1,007 patients are currently hospitalized including 94 who have been admitted to intensive care. Those numbers went up by 185 and 13 respective from our last update on Friday.

This marks the first time in the pandemic that the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Alberta has been in the four digits.

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

• Calgary Zone – 181,448 cases, 34,847 active
  • 381 in hospital, 34 in ICU
  • 904 deaths (12 new)
• Edmonton Zone – 145,651 cases, 26,002 active
  • 426 in hospital, 40 in ICU
  • 1,360 deaths (10 new)
• North Zone – 51,517 cases, 3,235 active
  • 62 in hospital, five in ICU
  • 419 deaths
• Central Zone – 44,926 cases, 4,409 active
  • 94 in hospital, 10 in ICU
  • 423 deaths (one new)
• South Zone – 27,801 cases, 3,093 active
  • 44 in hospital, five in ICU
  • 297 deaths

At the time of publication, AHS has not updated the local breakdown for cases.