By Chris Brown

368 cases across Alberta over three days

Three new COVID-19 cases in Medicine Hat over the weekend

Jul 20, 2020 | 3:59 PM

New cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Alberta shot up to 165 on July 17 before stabilizing over the next two days.

Over the three-day period since the province last updated its numbers to the end of July 16, Alberta confirmed 368 new cases, including 106 on July 18 and 97 on July 19.

The 97 cases on July 19 follows four straight days of more than 100 cases. Last week marked the first time new daily cases topped 100 since May 2.

Medicine Hat had just three of the new active cases counted over the weekend. The city’s total count is now at 54 cases — five active, 48 recovered and one death. That’s two more active and one more recovered since Friday.

Cypress County has totalled 30 cases, all recovered.

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The province now has confirmed 9,587 total cases throughout the pandemic. There are currently 1,109 active cases and 8,308 Albertans have recovered. That’s an increase of 250 and 115, respectively.

There are currently 86 Albertans in hospital, an increase of 18 since Friday’s update. Of the 86 in hospital, 17 are in ICU. The death toll is up three to 170.

The province completed 23,530 tests in the past 72 hours.

The South Zone has a total of 1,513 cases —1,381 recovered, an increase of 14, and 119 active, an increase of 20.

There are eight people in the zone in hospital, an increase of four. There is currently one person in ICU in the South Zone, and there have been 13 deaths.

The County of Forty Mile has eight total cases, two active cases and six recovered.

The MD of Taber has 19 total cases, seven active and 12 recovered.

Special Areas No. 2 has five active cases.

Numbers are unchanged in Brooks, where there have been 1,121 total cases —1,109 are recovered and three are active. Brooks has recorded nine deaths. The County of Newell is showing a total of 23 cases — two active and 21 recovered.

The County of Warner has 47 total cases. There are now five active cases and 41 recovered. There has been one death in the county.

The City of Lethbridge has a total of 88 cases. Of those, 38 are listed as active and 50 recovered. Lethbridge County has 17 cases, 10 active cases and seven recovered.

The figures on alberta.ca are “up-to-date as of end of day July 19, 2020.”

Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, will provide an in-person update on Tuesday.