(Alberta Health Services)

By David Opinko

Only 37 new COVID cases confirmed in South Zone Wednesday

Mar 9, 2022 | 3:54 PM

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

552 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 529,736. Of those, 6,878 cases are active while 518,872 people have recovered.

With 3,068 tests conducted in that time, the positivity rate was 17.99 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 number of people who have actually contracted COVID since then would be higher than what is being reported by the province.

In the South Zone, 37 people tested positive with 10 in Lethbridge.

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Active infections in the region fell by 49 and in the city by 14.

Since yesterday’s update, seven Albertans died from COVID with two each in the Edmonton and North Zones and one each in the South, Calgary, and Central Zones. To date, 3,986 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

The death in the South Zone was for a resident of North Lethbridge.

Provincially, 1,087 patients are currently hospitalized including 78 who have been admitted to intensive care. This marks decreases of 19 for hospitalizations and one 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 – 213,267 cases, 2,176 active
  • 381 in hospital, 26 in ICU
  • 1,091 deaths (one new)
• Edmonton Zone – 169,397 cases, 2,032 active
  • 365 in hospital, 34 in ICU
  • 1,560 deaths (two new)
• North Zone – 59,097 cases, 904 active
  • 130 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 478 deaths (two new)
• Central Zone – 53,508 cases, 1,032 active
  • 124 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 506 deaths (one new)
• South Zone – 34,155 cases, 719 active
  • 87 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 351 deaths (one new)

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

• Lethbridge – 11,663 cases (10 new), 310 active, 88 deaths (one new)
  • West Lethbridge – 4,513 cases (five new), 131 active, 12 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,609 cases (two new), 84 active, 28 deaths (one new)
  • South Lethbridge – 3,548 cases (three new), 97 active, 48 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 7,009 cases (13 new), 125 active, 88 deaths
• Brooks – 2,630 cases, 11 active, 32 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 2,639 cases (three new), 52 active, 22 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,607 cases (four new), 76 active, 44 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,644 cases (three new), 34 active, 19 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,154 cases (two new), 19 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,142 cases (three new), 29 active, 13 deaths
• County of Warner – 1,082 cases (one new), 19 active, eight deaths
• Fort Macleod – 810 cases (one new), 24 active, eight deaths
• County of Newell – 649 cases, seven active, nine deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 421 cases, three active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 322 cases, six active, three deaths
• Waterton – eight cases, zero active, zero deaths