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By David Opinko

COVID cases remain low in Alberta over last four days

Mar 2, 2022 | 3:49 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Tuesday. Due to technical issues on AHS’ part, a full breakdown was not provided on Monday, so today’s report will cover statistics from the past four days.

388 cases were confirmed across the province on Monday, bringing the total to 526,563. Of those, 8,164 cases are active while 514,460 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 number of people who have actually contracted COVID since then would be higher than what is being reported by the province.

Over the past four days, 98 people tested positive in the South Zone or 24.5 each day. There were 43 new cases in Lethbridge, or just under 11 each day.

Active infections in the region went down by 100 compared to Friday and by 31 in the city.

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Since Friday’s update, 27 Albertans died from COVID including 10 in the Edmonton Zone, five each in the South and Calgary Zones, four in the North Zone, and three in the Central Zone. To date, 3,939 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

The deaths in the South Zone include two in Medicine Hat and one each in Brooks, Cardston County, and the M.D. of Taber.

Provincially, 1,231 patients are currently hospitalized including 84 who have been admitted to intensive care. This marks an increase of six for hospitalizations and four for ICU compared to our most recent report on Monday.

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 – 212,224 cases, 2,579 active
  • 421 in hospital, 25 in ICU
  • 1,082 deaths (five new)
• Edmonton Zone – 168,300 cases, 2,315 active
  • 427 in hospital, 41 in ICU
  • 1,545 deaths (10 new)
• North Zone – 58,675 cases, 1,226 active
  • 144 in hospital, five in ICU
  • 473 deaths (four new)
• Central Zone – 53,023 cases, 1,155 active
  • 142 in hospital, five in ICU
  • 495 deaths (three new)
• South Zone – 33,835 cases, 883 active
  • 97 in hospital, eight in ICU
  • 344 deaths (five new)

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

• Lethbridge – 11,509 cases (43 new), 324 active, 85 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 4,449 cases (12 new), 126 active, 11 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,573 cases (13 new), 91 active, 27 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 3,493 cases (18 new), 108 active, 47 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 6,949 cases (12 new), 163 active, 88 deaths (two new)
• Brooks – 2,625 cases, 24 active, 31 deaths (one new)
• Lethbridge County – 2,612 cases (five new), 69 active, 21 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,566 cases (six new), 82 active, 44 deaths (one new)
• M.D. of Taber – 1,629 cases (one new), 31 active, 19 deaths (one new)
• Cypress County – 1,149 cases (six new), 24 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,137 cases (13 new), 61 active, 13 deaths
• County of Warner – 1,077 cases (three new), 33 active, six deaths
• Fort Macleod – 809 cases (four new), 37 active, eight deaths
• County of Newell – 647 cases (one new), seven active, nine deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 420 cases (one new), six active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 320 cases (two new), 16 active, three deaths
• Waterton – eight cases, zero active, zero deaths