By Chris Brown

430 new cases in province

No change in COVID-19 case numbers in Medicine Hat

Feb 24, 2021 | 3:45 PM

There are 21 active cases of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat on Wednesday.

The city now has had 552 total cases – the 21 active, 515 recovered and there have been 16 deaths.

There are no new cases in the city today and no new recoveries.

Across the province, there are 4,545 active cases, up from Tuesday, and 125,622 recovered cases, up 388.

Alberta’s total number of COVID-19 cases from the start of the pandemic is 132,033.

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There have been 316 variant cases identified in the province, 22 new today.

There are 430 total new cases in the province today.

There are now 307 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 56 of which are in ICU, and 1,866 deaths.

The province completed 9,467 tests in the past 24 hours.

The provincial positivity rate is 4.6 per cent.

Alberta has delivered 186,572 doses of vaccine.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw said today on Twitter that her next in-person update will be on Monday.

An outbreak was listed on the provincial website last week at the Valleyview long-term care facility in Medicine Hat. Alberta Health has confirmed there are five active cases there and the outbreak was opened on Feb. 12. A previously listed local outbreaks at Meadowlands is still on the alberta.ca reporting page.

There are 6,414 cases in the South Zone. There are 353 active cases and 5,973 recovered. The death total in the zone is at 88.

An AHS spokesperson told CHAT News on Monday that AHS South Zone currently has 34 COVID-19 positive individuals in hospital. There are five at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital, with two of those in the ICU. Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge has 25 inpatients, with nine of those in the ICU. The Cardston Health Centre has three inpatients and the Pincher Creek Health Centre has one.

There are no local schools on either “Alert” or “Outbreak” status on the provincial reporting site.

The website Support Our Students is tracking instances of cases in schools across the province.

Cypress County has totaled 145 cases – two active cases and the rest recovered.

The County of Forty Mile has 117 total cases. There are no active cases, 115 recovered and there have been two deaths.

The MD of Taber has 337 total cases — five active cases, 326 recovered and there have been six deaths.

Special Areas No. 2 has 40 total cases – one active, 38 recovered and there has been one death.

Brooks has 1,363 total cases — one active and 1,348 are recovered. Brooks has recorded 14 deaths.

The County of Newell has a total of 158 cases — zero active cases, 156 recovered and there have been two deaths.

The County of Warner has 162 total cases. There are three active cases, 156 are recovered cases and there have been three deaths in the county.

The City of Lethbridge has a total of 2,046 cases. There are 208 active cases, 1,818 recovered and there have been 20 deaths. Lethbridge County has 540 cases, 20 active cases, 513 recovered and there have been seven deaths.

The figures on alberta.ca are “up-to-date as of end of day Feb. 23, 2021.”

Saskatchewan has a total of 27,980 cases, 1,425 considered active. There are 26,176 recovered cases and there have been 379 COVID-19 deaths in the province.

Saskatchewan has delivered 63,345 doses of vaccine.