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Alberta with 82% of COVID-19 cases recovered as of Saturday

Alberta reporting 72 new cases of COVID-19 as of Saturday (May 16) for a total of 6,587.

The good news is the recovered cases far outweighs the active cases. The most updated data shows 82% of cases in the province are now recovered (5,377).

The death toll across Alberta related to the novel coronavirus now stands at 126.

AHS South Zone has 14 new confirmed cases since Friday. The total in this health region now sits at 1,197. Of the new cases, 10 of them are in Brooks. That community now has a total of 1,085.

The other 4 new cases Saturday are in Cardston County, now with a total of 15.

Lethbridge remains unchanged from Friday with a total of 21, 16 of those are recovered.

Lethbridge cases as of May 16, 2020

  • West Lethbridge: 8 cases (1 active, 7 recovered)
  • South Lethbridge: 10 cases: (3 active, 7 recovered)
  • North Lethbridge: 3 cases (1 active, 2 recovered)

Over the past few months, over 209,000 tests for COVID-19 have been completed across Alberta.

Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
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