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By Connor Gunn

COVID hospitalizations drop in Alberta Wednesday

Feb 16, 2022 | 4:19 PM

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

888 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 518,538. Of those, 17,674 cases are active while 497,060 people have recovered.

With 4,117 tests conducted over that time, meaning the positivity rate was approximately 21 per cent.

It should be noted that, on January 10, the province limited the number of people who can get a PCR test from AHS for COVID-19 to only those in high-risk settings. This likely means that the amount of people who have actually contracted COVID since then would be higher than what is being reported by the province.

In the South Zone, 94 people tested positive with 44 in Lethbridge.

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Since yesterday’s update, 14 Albertans died from COVID including one new in the South Zone.

The one death in the region came from a person in Cardston County. To date, 3,804 people in the province died as a result of the virus.

Provincially, 1,500 patients are currently hospitalized including 121 who have been admitted to intensive care. This marks a decrease of 38 for hospitalizations and a decrease of two for ICU compared to our most recent report on Tuesday.

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.

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

Active COVID-19 cases 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 – 209,576 cases, 6,537 active
  • 560 in hospital, 46 in ICU
  • 1,039 deaths (five new)
• Edmonton Zone – 165,915 cases, 5,202 active
  • 568 in hospital, 52 in ICU
  • 1,504 deaths (five new)
• North Zone – 57,365 cases, 1,996 active
  • 129 in hospital, seven in ICU
  • 455 deaths (two new)
• Central Zone – 51,805 cases, 2,137 active
  • 153 in hospital, nine in ICU
  • 472 deaths (one new)
• South Zone – 32,972 cases, 1,682 active
  • 90 in hospital, seven in ICU
  • 334 deaths (one new)

Below is a breakdown of cases in the South Health Zone:

• Lethbridge – 11,190 cases (44 new), 670 active, 82 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 4,327 cases (15 new), 307 active, 11 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,480 cases (11 new), 161 active, 26 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 3,388 cases (18 new), 204 active, 45 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 6,792 cases (18 new), 351 active, 84 deaths
• Brooks – 2,600 cases (two new), 63 active, 30 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 2,551 cases (seven new), 119 active, 21 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,481 cases (eight new), 126 active, 43 deaths (one new)
• M.D. of Taber – 1,600 cases (two new), 56 active, 18 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,123 cases, 38 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,069 cases (five new), 77 active, 13 deaths
• County of Warner – 1,046 cases (four new), 59 active, six deaths
• Fort Macleod – 771 cases (three new), 33 active, eight deaths
• County of Newell – 641 cases (two new), 34 active, nine deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 413 cases (two new), 19 active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 306 cases (one new), 18 active, three deaths
• Waterton – Eight cases, zero active, zero deaths