LETHBRIDGE, AB – The number of active COVID-19 cases in Lethbridge has crept up a bit more over the past day.
Another seven people tested positive in the last 24 hours out of eleven total in the South Zone of Alberta Health Services.
A total of 177 cases are considered currently active in this community, up from 164 on Feb. 4.
As for the rest of the province, there were 269 new cases out of just under 6,200 tests for a provincial positivity rate of 4.3 percent.
Hospitalizations continue to decline with 432 people receiving care in hospital – 76 of them in the ICU.
Since Friday there have been 25 additional variant cases identified for a total of 96 – 46 of which are not linked to travel.
There have been 120,357 doses of vaccine administered as of February 7.
Current outbreaks in the South Zone of Alberta Health Services:
Acute care facilities
Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
Supportive living/home living sites
Meadowlands, Medicine Hat
Rehoboth Christian Ministries, Coaldale
Rehoboth Christian Ministries, Lethbridge
The View at Lethbridge
Other facilities and settings
Haul All Equipment, Lethbridge
Lethbridge Alpha House
Streets Alive Mission, Lethbridge
