COVID-19. (Alberta Health Services)

By David Opinko

COVID growth slowing in South Zone: active cases fall by 121 in one week

Dec 21, 2020 | 4:08 PM

Alberta Health Services has released its report on COVID-19 for Monday, detailing statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.

1,240 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 91,459. Of those, 19,165 cases are active while 71,434 people have recovered.

Approximately 78 per cent of the new infections were in the Edmonton and Calgary Zones as they saw 525 and 448 positive tests respectively.

Meanwhile, just 19 contracted the virus in the South Zone, which is one of the lowest single-day regional amounts we have seen in many weeks.

Locally, six people each in Lethbridge and Medicine Hat tested positive. Several local geographic areas saw no increase since Sunday’s story.

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Active infections have fallen as well, decreasing across the South Zone by 122 from the same time last week.

Since yesterday’s update, nine Albertans have died from COVID-19 with eight of those in the Edmonton Zone and one in the Calgary Zone.

Provincially, 795 patients are currently hospitalized and 151 have been admitted to intensive care.

With an additional 18,306 tests being completed in the past 24 hours, there have now been 2,656,852 tests done on 1,616,542 different people.

Below is a breakdown of cases by health zone:

Brooks – 1,338 cases (one new), 42 active, 14 deaths

Medicine Hat – 417 cases (six new), 78 active, six deaths

M.D. of Taber – 301 cases (one new), 19 active, six deaths

County of Newell – 136 cases, 14 active, two deaths

Cypress County – 137 cases, 10 active, zero deaths

County of Forty Mile – 113 cases, one active, two deaths

Lethbridge – 1,339 cases (six new), 155 active, seven deaths

With files from David Opinko, LLN