(Alberta Health Services)

By David Opinko

COVID hospitalizations increase to over 1,500 in Alberta Monday

Feb 1, 2022 | 5:07 AM

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

In that time, 6,537 cases were confirmed across the province for a daily average of 2,179. To date, Alberta has seen 493,973 cases.

Of those, 37,468 infections are active while 452,939 people have recovered.

In the South Zone, 587 people tested positive this weekend, or 196 each day.

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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Active infections in the region went up by 157 and increased by eight in Lethbridge.

Since Friday’s update, 35 Albertans died from COVID including 17 in the Edmonton Zone, nine in the Calgary Zone, four in the South Zone, three in the Central Zone, and two in the North Zone. To date, 3,566 people in the province died as a result of the virus.

Provincially, 1,516 patients are currently hospitalized including 99 who have been admitted to intensive care. This marks an increase of 20 for hospitalizations but a decrease of six 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.

Active COVID-19 cases in Alberta. (Alberta Health Services)

COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions 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 – 199,650 cases, 15,630 active
  • 572 in hospital, 37 in ICU
  • 960 deaths (nine new)
• Edmonton Zone – 158,904 cases, 11,850 active
  • 603 in hospital, 39 in ICU
  • 1,424 deaths (17 new)
• North Zone – 54,697 cases, 2,957 active
  • 99 in hospital, seven in ICU
  • 430 deaths (two new)
• Central Zone – 48,917 cases, 3,774 active
  • 152 in hospital, eight in ICU
  • 438 deaths (three new)
• South Zone – 30,747 cases, 2,789 active
  • 90 in hospital, eight in ICU
  • 314 deaths (four new)

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

• Lethbridge – 10,334 cases (214 new), 1,029 active, 73 deaths (one new)
  • West Lethbridge – 3,941 cases (95 new), 420 active, nine deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,279 cases (51 new), 264 active, 25 deaths (one new)
  • South Lethbridge – 3,116 cases (68 new), 347 active, 39 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 6,317 cases (150 new), 680 active, 81 deaths
• Brooks – 2,518 cases (25 new), 161 active, 27 deaths (one new)
• Lethbridge County – 2,394 cases (58 new), 160 active, 21 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,315 cases (40 new), 196 active, 42 deaths (one new)
• M.D. of Taber – 1,527 cases (30 new), 99 active, 18 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,063 cases (19 new), 83 active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 962 cases (25 new), 77 active, five deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 967 cases (12 new), 134 active, 12 deaths
• Fort Macleod – 727 cases (21 new), 78 active, seven deaths
• County of Newell – 593 cases (three new), 25 active, eight deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 390 cases (two new), 13 active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 277 cases (four new), 35 active, two deaths
• Waterton – Eight cases, zero active, zero deaths