By Chris Brown

More than 6,500 tests

44 new COVID-19 cases, 38 recoveries in the past 24 hours

Jun 24, 2020 | 4:02 PM

The province has confirmed 44 new cases of COVID-19 since Tuesday, while performing more than 6,500 tests.

In the past 24 hours, 38 Albertans have recovered from the virus.

There are now 538 active cases and 7,134 recovered ones across the province.

The number of deaths remains at 153, and the number of hospitalizations and people in the ICU are 36 and seven, respectively.

In the South Zone, there are 1,289 cases, one fewer than was reported by the province yesterday. Dr. Deena Hinshaw has previously mentioned that cases are sometimes reclassified to another zone when more information about the patient becomes available.

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There are 23 active cases in the zone and 1,256 recovered cases. The zone has recorded 10 COVID-19 deaths over the course of the pandemic. Additionally, there are no current hospitalizations in the South Zone.

The above numbers are from alberta.ca, based on updates on June 24.

The geospatial map shows figures to the “end of day June 23.”

There, Medicine Hat shows a total of 38 cases — two active cases and 36 recovered.

Brooks is showing 1,119 total cases — three active and 1,107 recovered. Nine deaths have been recorded there.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw will provide her next in-person update on Thursday.

On May 11, the province began putting a more detailed chart online for each zone.

Cypress County is showing zero active cases and 21 recovered, while the County of Newell is showing zero active cases and 20 recovered.

The County of Forty Mile and Municipal District of Taber each have two confirmed cases both listed as recovered.

Special Areas No. 2 has no cases on the map. There was previously one recovered case and one death attributed to the region.

The City of Lethbridge has 37 cases, five listed as active and 32 recovered. Lethbridge County has three cases currently, two considered active and one recovered.