(Alberta Health Services)

By David Opinko

COVID hospitalizations in Alberta fall by 118 since Thursday

Feb 23, 2022 | 4:24 PM

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

On Tuesday, AHS only provided “estimated numbers” for the long weekend, so today’s update includes stats from Friday to Tuesday.

In that time, 3,134 cases were confirmed in the province for a daily average of 627. Alberta has seen 523,104 cases throughout the pandemic.

11,189 cases are active while 508,032 people have recovered.

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.

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In the South Zone, 288 people tested positive for a daily average of 57.6. That includes 106 in Lethbridge or 21.2 each day.

Active infections in the region went up by 58 but fell for the city by 146.

Since Friday’s update, 53 Albertans died from COVID or just over 10 per day. This includes 17 each in the Calgary and Edmonton Zones, 10 in the Central Zone, six in the North Zone, and three in the South Zone. To date, 3,883 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

The deaths in the South Zone were for residents of North and South Lethbridge as well as Medicine Hat.

Provincially, 1,373 patients are currently hospitalized including 90 who have been admitted to intensive care. Compared to our most recent report with full numbers on Thursday, this marks decreases of 118 for hospitalizations and 26 for ICU.

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 – 211,154 cases, 3,835 active
  • 497 in hospital, 34 in ICU
  • 1,068 deaths (17 new)
• Edmonton Zone – 167,296 cases, 3,203 active
  • 485 in hospital, 37 in ICU
  • 1,525 deaths (17 new)
• North Zone – 58,118 cases, 1,103 active
  • 147 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 465 deaths (six new)
• Central Zone – 52,451 cases, 1,464 active
  • 141 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 488 deaths (10 new)
• South Zone – 33,418 cases, 1,520 active
  • 103 in hospital, 11 in ICU
  • 337 deaths (three new)

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

• Lethbridge – 11,349 cases (106 new), 430 active, 84 deaths (two new)
  • West Lethbridge – 4,383 cases (39 new), 173 active, 11 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,529 cases (29 new), 121 active, 27 deaths (one new)
  • South Lethbridge – 3,442 cases (38 new), 136 active, 46 deaths (one new)
• Medicine Hat – 6,873 cases (48 new), 217 active, 85 deaths (one new)
• Brooks – 2,616 cases (nine new), 44 active, 30 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 2,591 cases (28 new), 100 active, 21 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,517 cases (21 new), 77 active, 43 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,612 cases (eight new), 31 active, 18 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,135 cases (eight new), 17 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,108 cases (27 new), 57 active, 13 deaths
• County of Warner – 1,064 cases (11 new), 45 active, six deaths
• Fort Macleod – 789 cases (14 new), 28 active, eight deaths
• County of Newell – 645 cases (three new), 18 active, nine deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 417 cases (four new), 10 active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 318 cases (four new), 22 active, three deaths
• Waterton – eight cases, zero active, zero deaths