(Alberta Health Services)

By David Opinko

COVID hospitalizations in Alberta fall below 1,000 for first time in two months

Mar 14, 2022 | 3:50 PM

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

In that time, 1,351 people tested positive for a daily average of 450. Currently, 6,640 cases are active while 521,451 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.

In the South Zone, there were 124 new cases, or 41 per day. Lethbridge saw 62 cases or approximately 30 each day.

Active infections in the region are down by 30 and in the city by seven.

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Since Friday’s update, 18 Albertans died from COVID with six in the Edmonton Zone, five in the North Zone, four in the Calgary Zone, and three in the Central Zone. To date, 4,021 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

Provincially, 986 patients are currently hospitalized including 73 who have been admitted to intensive care. This marks decreases of 59 for hospitalizations and one for ICU compared to our most recent report on Friday.

The last time that COVID-19 hospitalizations were under 1,000 was on January 16, 2022, just under two months ago.

That number peaked on February 7 at 1,542 and gradually declined over the following month.

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 – 214,110 cases, 2,172 active
  • 324 in hospital, 22 in ICU
  • 1,098 deaths (four new)
• Edmonton Zone – 170,158 cases, 2,007 active
  • 339 in hospital, 33 in ICU
  • 1,574 deaths (six new)
• North Zone – 59,382 cases, 808 active
  • 124 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 486 deaths (five new)
• Central Zone – 53,841 cases, 993 active
  • 114 in hospital, seven in ICU
  • 511 deaths (three new)
• South Zone – 34,372 cases, 638 active
  • 85 in hospital, seven in ICU
  • 352 deaths

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

• Lethbridge – 11,707 cases (62 new), 300 active, 88 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 4,541 cases (14 new), 109 active, 12 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,653 cases (30 new), 95 active, 28 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 3,582 cases (18 new), 97 active, 48 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 7,048 cases (24 new), 111 active, 89 deaths
• Brooks – 2,634 cases (two new), 11 active, 32 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 2,653 cases (10 new), 46 active, 22 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,623 cases (four new), 55 active, 44 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,650 cases (five new), 21 active, 19 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,158 cases (three new), 17 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,150 cases (three new), 28 active, 13 deaths
• County of Warner – 1,087 cases (four new), 12 active, eight deaths
• Fort Macleod – 820 cases (six new), 19 active, eight deaths
• County of Newell – 651 cases (one new), six active, nine deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 421 cases, two active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 324 cases (one new), six active, three deaths
• Waterton – eight cases, zero active, zero deaths