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By David Opinko

Number of COVID hospitalizations in Alberta fell by 71 over the weekend

Feb 28, 2022 | 4:09 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, 1,435 cases were confirmed across the province or an average of 478 per day. Currently, there are 9,188 active cases while 512,716 people have recovered.

With 7,393 tests conducted over the weekend, the positivity rate was 19.4 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 amount of people who have actually contracted COVID since then would be higher than what is being reported by the province.

In the South Zone, 157 people tested positive, or 52 each day. Active infections in the region fell by 49.

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Since Friday’s update, 14 Albertans died from COVID including five in the Calgary Zone, four in the Edmonton Zone, two each in the South and Central Zones, and one in the North Zone. To date, 3,912 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

The deaths in the South Zone were for residents of South Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.

Provincially, 1,224 patients are currently hospitalized including 83 who have been admitted to intensive care. This marks decreases of 71 for hospitalizations and five for ICU compared to our most recent report on Friday.

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 – 211,995 cases, 2,941 active
  • 420 in hospital, 25 in ICU
  • 1,077 deaths (five new)
• Edmonton Zone – 168,084 cases, 2,551 active
  • 429 in hospital, 40 in ICU
  • 1,535 deaths (four new)
• North Zone – 58,545 cases, 1,386 active
  • 144 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 469 deaths (one new)
• Central Zone – 52,878 cases, 1,287 active
  • 137 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 492 deaths (two new)
• South Zone – 33,737 cases, 983 active
  • 94 in hospital, 10 in ICU
  • 339 deaths (two new)

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

• Lethbridge – 11,466 cases (62 new), 355 active, 85 deaths (one new)
  • West Lethbridge – 4,437 cases (33 new), 142 active, 11 deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 3,560 cases (17 new), 102 active, 27 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 3,475 cases (13 new), 112 active, 47 deaths (one new)
• Medicine Hat – 6,937 cases (30 new), 193 active, 86 deaths (one new)
• Brooks – 2,625 cases (six new), 30 active, 30 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 2,607 cases (nine new), 78 active, 21 deaths
• Cardston County – 2,560 cases (18 new), 94 active, 43 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 1,628 cases (nine new), 36 active, 18 deaths
• Cypress County – 1,143 cases (three new), 19 active, six deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 1,124 cases (four new), 57 active, 13 deaths
• County of Warner – 1,074 cases (six new), 43 active, six deaths
• Fort Macleod – 805 cases (eight new), 39 active, eight deaths
• County of Newell – 646 cases, 10 active, nine deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 419 cases (two new), eight active, five deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 318 cases, 16 active, three deaths
• Waterton – eight cases, zero active, zero deaths