May 24, 2020
COVID-19 in Alberta
Highlights
Cases
Figure 1: COVID-19 cases in Alberta by day and case status. Recovered is based on the assumption that a person is recovered 14 days after a particular date (see data notes tab), if they did not experience severe outcomes (hospitalized or deceased).
Figure 2: Cumulative COVID-19 cases in Alberta by route of suspected acquisition. Only includes COVID-19 cases where case report forms have been received.
Figure 3: COVID-19 cases in Alberta by day and case status. Probable cases include cases where the lab confirmation is pending. Current day is partial.
Characteristics
Figure 4: Number and rate of COVID-19 cases in Alberta by age group
Figure 5: COVID-19 cases in Alberta by age group and gender
| Gender | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | Unknown | All | |||||
| Age | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | Count | Percent |
| Under 1 year | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| 1-4 years | 74 | 1 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 2 |
| 5-9 years | 71 | 1 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 2 |
| 10-19 years | 308 | 4 | 285 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 593 | 9 |
| 20-29 years | 432 | 6 | 493 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 925 | 13 |
| 30-39 years | 637 | 9 | 761 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1,398 | 20 |
| 40-49 years | 689 | 10 | 853 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1,542 | 22 |
| 50-59 years | 470 | 7 | 535 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1,005 | 15 |
| 60-69 years | 248 | 4 | 271 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 519 | 8 |
| 70-79 years | 128 | 2 | 107 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 235 | 3 |
| 80+ years | 207 | 3 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 5 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All | 3,285 | 48 | 3,574 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 6,860 | 100 |
Healthcare Workers
Table 2. Healthcare workers among COVID-19 cases| Total | Active | Recovered | Died | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary Zone | 494 | 57 | 437 | 0 |
| Central Zone | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Edmonton Zone | 73 | 2 | 71 | 0 |
| North Zone | 30 | 1 | 29 | 0 |
| South Zone | 37 | 4 | 33 | 0 |
| Alberta | 647 | 65 | 582 | 0 |
| Note: | ||||
| Status of Healthcare workers is self-reported and might be different from other sources. Please note these are not necessarily healthcare workers who were infected at work. |
Severe outcomes
Summary
- Average age for COVID cases that died is 82 years, (range: 27-104)
- Average age for COVID cases hospitalized with an ICU stay is 59 years, (range: 15-83)
- Average age for COVID cases hospitalized is 61 years, (range: 1-102)
- Average age for COVID cases not hospitalized is 40 years, (range: 0-105)
Figure 6: Rate of total hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and deaths among COVID-19 cases in Alberta
Figure 7: Total hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths (ever) among COVID-19 cases in Alberta by age group. Each ICU admission is also included in the total number of hospitalizations.This is based on totals rather than current hospitalizations and ICU admissions.
| Count | Count | Case rate | Pop. rate | Count | Case rate | Pop. rate | Count | Case rate | Pop. rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 6860 | 296 | 4.3 | 6.8 | 55 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 135 | 2.0 | 3.1 |
| Under 1 year | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1-4 years | 138 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 5-9 years | 150 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 10-19 years | 593 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 20-29 years | 925 | 8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 30-39 years | 1398 | 28 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 40-49 years | 1542 | 37 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 8 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 50-59 years | 1005 | 53 | 5.3 | 9.6 | 15 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 60-69 years | 519 | 48 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 11 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 10 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 70-79 years | 235 | 58 | 24.7 | 23.6 | 12 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 28 | 11.9 | 11.4 |
| 80+ years | 319 | 56 | 17.6 | 41.2 | 5 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 92 | 28.8 | 67.7 |
| Unknown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | NA | 0 | 0.0 | NA | 0 | 0.0 | NA |
| Note: | ||||||||||
| Based on total hospitalizations and ICU admissions ever. | ||||||||||
| Row percent is out of the number of cases in each age group. | ||||||||||
| Each ICU admission is also included in the total number of hospitalization | ||||||||||
| Case rate (per 100 cases) | ||||||||||
| Population rate (per 100,000 population) |
Figure 8: Number of current COVID-19 patients in hospital, ICU and non-ICU
Figure 9: Rate of new hospitalizations (7-day rolling average, average of current day and previous 6 days) by admission date, Alberta, Calgary, Edmonton and South Zones. Hospitalization in other Zones are still low.
Geospatial
Figure 10: Cumulative COVID-19 cases in Alberta by zone and date reported to Alberta Health. Cases without a postal code or incorrect postal codes are labelled as unknown.
Figure 11: Rate of COVID-19 cases (per 100,000 population) in Alberta and by zone
| Zone | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Calgary Zone | 4,747 | 69 |
| Central Zone | 99 | 1 |
| Edmonton Zone | 523 | 8 |
| North Zone | 235 | 3 |
| South Zone | 1,232 | 18 |
| Unknown | 24 | 0 |
| All | 6,860 | 100 |
Geographies can be displayed by municipality or local geographic area (LGA). When viewing by municipality, regions are defined by rural municipalities, city boundaries, and urban service areas; smaller regions (i.e. towns, villages, and reserves) are incorporated into the corresponding rural area. Cases without a postal code or incorrect postal codes are not included. Location information missing/invalid for: 46 case(s).
Laboratory testing
Figure 12: People tested for COVID-19 in Alberta by day
| Number (n) | |
|---|---|
| Test volume | 236,789 |
| People tested | 216,168 |
| Zone | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Calgary Zone | 100,857 | 47 |
| Central Zone | 17,538 | 8 |
| Edmonton Zone | 59,841 | 28 |
| North Zone | 16,482 | 8 |
| South Zone | 17,671 | 8 |
| Unknown | 3,779 | 2 |
| All | 216,168 | 100 |
Figure 13: People tested for COVID-19 in Alberta by age group and gender
| Gender | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | Unknown | All | |||||
| Age | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | Count | Percent |
| Under 1 year | 867 | 0 | 997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,864 | 1 |
| 1-4 years | 2,747 | 1 | 3,199 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5,946 | 3 |
| 5-9 years | 2,537 | 1 | 2,744 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5,283 | 2 |
| 10-19 years | 5,641 | 3 | 4,950 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10,595 | 5 |
| 20-29 years | 18,414 | 9 | 12,848 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 31,268 | 14 |
| 30-39 years | 26,458 | 12 | 18,987 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 45,448 | 21 |
| 40-49 years | 21,906 | 10 | 14,999 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 36,913 | 17 |
| 50-59 years | 19,170 | 9 | 12,500 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 31,674 | 15 |
| 60-69 years | 13,062 | 6 | 9,959 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 23,028 | 11 |
| 70-79 years | 6,476 | 3 | 5,451 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11,927 | 6 |
| 80+ years | 7,571 | 4 | 4,617 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12,190 | 6 |
| Unknown | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| All | 124,853 | 58 | 91,265 | 42 | 50 | 0 | 216,168 | 100 |
| Note: | ||||||||
| Count represents the number of people tested | ||||||||
Figure 14: Cumulative and daily test positivity rate for COVID-19 in Alberta.
Figure 15: Positivity rate for COVID-19 in Alberta by zone.
Data export
Data are subject to change. Fluctuations are expected as cases are investigated and updated. Current day is partial. Data are provided for export in excel and csv formats.
Data notes
Data sources
The Provincial Surveillance Information system (PSI) is a laboratory surveillance system which receives positive results for all Notifiable Diseases and diseases under laboratory surveillance from Alberta Precision Labs (APL). The system also receives negative results for a subset of organisms such as COVID-19. The system contains basic information on characteristics and demographics such as age, zone and gender.
Recovered is based on the assumption that a case is recovered 14 days after a particular date. For confirmed cases, we used specimen collected date and for probable cases, this is the date reported to Alberta Health.
Information such as hospitalizations and ICU admissions are received through enhanced case report forms sent by Alberta Health Services (AHS).
Disclaimer
The content and format of this report are subject to change. Cases are under investigation and numbers may fluctuate as cases are resolved. Data included in the interactive data application are up-to-date as of midday of the date of posting.