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By David Opinko

COVID hospitalizations take slight bump upwards in Alberta Tuesday

Mar 15, 2022 | 3:52 PM

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

459 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 532,571. Of those, 6,422 cases are active while 522,124 people have recovered.

With 1,831 tests being conducted in that time, the positivity rate was 25 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.

Due to discrepancies with the numbers AHS is reporting, we are unable to say how many new cases there are on a regional or community-specific basis. The numbers in the bullet points below are updated to the most recent figures released on Tuesday.

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Since yesterday’s update, four Albertans died from COVID with two in the South Zone and one each in the Central and Edmonton Zones. To date, 4,025 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

The deaths in the South Zone were for residents of Cardston County and the M.D. of Pincher Creek.

Provincially, 1,001 patients are currently hospitalized including 70 who have been admitted to intensive care. This marks an increase of 15 for hospitalizations and a decrease of three 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 – 214,290 cases, 2,177 active
  • 327 in hospital, 19 in ICU
  • 1,098 deaths
• Edmonton Zone – 170,290 cases, 1,937 active
  • 333 in hospital, 32 in ICU
  • 1,575 deaths (one new)
• North Zone – 59,423 cases, 722 active
  • 129 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 486 deaths
• Central Zone – 53,901 cases, 952 active
  • 124 in hospital, eight in ICU
  • 512 deaths (one new)
• South Zone – 34,434 cases, 624 active
  • 88 in hospital, seven in ICU
  • 354 deaths (two new)

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

• Lethbridge – 11,795 cases, 294 active, 88 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 4,548 cases, 108 active, 12 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,659 cases, 92 active, 28 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 3,594 cases, 94 active, 48 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 7,062 cases, 117 active, 89 deaths
• Brooks – 2,635 cases, nine active, 32 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 2,655 cases, 43 active, 22 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,625 cases, 54 active, 45 deaths (one new)
• M.D. of Taber – 1,652 cases, 19 active, 19 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,161 cases, 15 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,158 cases, 22 active, 14 deaths (one new)
• County of Warner – 1,093 cases, 18 active, eight deaths
• Fort Macleod – 818 cases, 18 active, eight deaths
• County of Newell – 651 cases, six active, nine deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 422 cases, three active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 323 cases, two active, three deaths
• Waterton – eight cases, zero active, zero deaths