COVID-19 Alberta statistics

Interactive aggregate data on COVID-19 cases in Alberta

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COVID-19 in Alberta

Data included in the interactive data application are up-to-date as of end of day August 12, 2020.

Highlights

1,036
active cases
314
active cases, Calgary Zone
220
total deaths
50
current hospitalizations
12
current ICU
84 years
average age at death

New Cases



Figure 1: COVID-19 cases in Alberta by zone. First and second panels display new (from August 06-August 12, 2020) and active cases, respectively. Cases without a postal code or incorrect postal codes are labelled as unknown. Cases are under investigation and numbers may fluctuate as cases are resolved.



Figure 2: COVID-19 cases in Alberta by age group. First and second panels display new (from August 06-August 12, 2020) and active cases, respectively. Cases are under investigation and numbers may fluctuate as cases are resolved.



Figure 3: COVID-19 cases in Alberta by route of suspected acquisition. First and second panels display new (from August 06-August 12, 2020) and active cases, respectively. Cases are under investigation and numbers may fluctuate as cases are resolved.



Total Cases



Figure 4: 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). Cases are under investigation and numbers may fluctuate as cases are resolved. Data included up to end of day August 12, 2020.



Figure 5: Cumulative COVID-19 cases in Alberta by route of suspected acquisition. Only includes COVID-19 cases where case report forms have been received. Data included up to end of day August 12, 2020.



Figure 6: COVID-19 cases in Alberta by day and case status. Probable cases include cases where the lab confirmation is pending. Data included up to end of day August 12, 2020.



Characteristics

Number and rate of COVID-19 cases in Alberta by age group

Figure 7: Number and rate of COVID-19 cases in Alberta by age group



COVID-19 cases in Alberta by age group and gender

Figure 8: COVID-19 cases in Alberta by age group and gender



Table 1. 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 39 0 38 0 0 0 77 1
1-4 years 139 1 141 1 0 0 280 2
5-9 years 170 1 179 1 0 0 349 3
10-19 years 599 5 517 4 0 0 1,116 9
20-29 years 1,051 9 1,090 9 1 0 2,142 18
30-39 years 1,092 9 1,290 11 0 0 2,382 20
40-49 years 1,007 8 1,162 10 0 0 2,169 18
50-59 years 746 6 777 6 1 0 1,524 13
60-69 years 456 4 458 4 1 0 915 8
70-79 years 239 2 214 2 0 0 453 4
80+ years 357 3 203 2 0 0 560 5
Unknown 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
All 5,895 49 6,070 51 4 0 11,969 100



Healthcare Workers

Table 2. Healthcare workers among COVID-19 cases
Total Active Recovered Died
Calgary Zone 659 18 641 0
Central Zone 27 2 25 0
Edmonton Zone 261 69 192 0
North Zone 42 5 37 0
South Zone 62 4 58 0
Alberta 1051 98 953 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 84 years (range: 27-105)
  • Average age for COVID cases hospitalized with an ICU stay is 62 years (range: 15-89)
  • Average age for COVID cases hospitalized is 63 years (range: 1-102)
  • Average age for COVID cases not hospitalized is 39 years (range: 0-105)



Rate of total hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and deaths among COVID-19 cases in Alberta

Figure 9: Rate of total hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and deaths among COVID-19 cases in Alberta



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.

Figure 10: 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.



Table 3. Total Hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths (ever) among COVID-19 cases in Alberta by age group
Age Group
Cases
Hospitalized
ICU
Deaths
Count Count Case rate Pop. rate Count Case rate Pop. rate Count Case rate Pop. rate
Total 11969 605 5.1 13.8 121 1.0 2.8 220 1.8 5.0
Under 1 year 77 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
1-4 years 280 3 1.1 1.4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
5-9 years 349 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
10-19 years 1116 10 0.9 1.9 2 0.2 0.4 0 0.0 0.0
20-29 years 2142 20 0.9 3.3 2 0.1 0.3 1 0.0 0.2
30-39 years 2382 51 2.1 7.2 6 0.3 0.8 1 0.0 0.1
40-49 years 2169 61 2.8 10.2 12 0.6 2.0 1 0.0 0.2
50-59 years 1524 101 6.6 18.2 23 1.5 4.2 2 0.1 0.4
60-69 years 915 103 11.3 22.6 31 3.4 6.8 14 1.5 3.1
70-79 years 453 132 29.1 53.7 33 7.3 13.4 48 10.6 19.5
80+ years 560 124 22.1 91.3 12 2.1 8.8 153 27.3 112.7
Unknown 2 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 11: Number of current COVID-19 patients in hospital, ICU and non-ICU



Figure 12: 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.

Comorbidities

Figure 13: Percent of COVID-19 cases with no comorbidities, one comorbidity, two comorbidities, or three or more comorbidities by case severity (non-severe, hospitalized but non-ICU, ICU but not deceased, and deceased), all age groups and both sexes combined, all Alberta. For the list of included comorbidities, please see the data notes. Data updated (weekly) on 2020-08-10.



Table 4. Number and percent of COVID-19 cases with no comorbidities, one comorbidity, two comorbidities, or three or more comorbidities by case severity (non-severe, hospitalized but non-ICU, ICU but not deceased, and deceased), all age groups and both sexes combined, Alberta. For the list of included comorbidities, please see the data notes. Data updated (weekly) on 2020-08-10.
Non-Severe
Non-ICU
ICU
Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
No Comorbidity 8017 73.1% 111 26.9% 24 24.5% 6 2.8%
With 1 Condition 1624 14.8% 76 18.4% 26 26.5% 14 6.5%
With 2 Conditions 742 6.8% 84 20.3% 23 23.5% 37 17.3%
With more than 3 Conditions 582 5.3% 142 34.4% 25 25.5% 157 73.4%

Geospatial

Figure 14: 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 15: Rate of COVID-19 cases (per 100,000 population) in Alberta and by zone



View the COVID-19 status map

Table 5. COVID-19 cases in Alberta by zone
Zone Count Percent
Calgary Zone 6,833 57
Central Zone 545 5
Edmonton Zone 2,166 18
North Zone 689 6
South Zone 1,710 14
Unknown 26 0
All 11,969 100



Geographies can be displayed by municipality or local geographic area (LGA). When viewing by municipality, regions are defined by metropolitan areas, cities, urban service areas, rural areas, and towns with approximately 10,000 or more people; smaller regions (i.e. 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: 43 case(s).

Laboratory testing

Figure 16: People tested for COVID-19 in Alberta by day. Tests performed for the same person are counted once.



Figure 17: Tests performed for COVID-19 in Alberta by day. Tests can be performed for the same person multiple times.



Table 6. COVID-19 testing in Alberta
Number (n)
Test volume 793,114
People tested 647,281



Table 7. Number of people tested for COVID-19 in Alberta by zone
Zone Count Percent
Calgary Zone 266,994 41
Central Zone 54,200 8
Edmonton Zone 213,394 33
North Zone 54,533 8
South Zone 46,305 7
Unknown 11,855 2
All 647,281 100



People tested for COVID-19 in Alberta by age group and gender.

Figure 18: People tested for COVID-19 in Alberta by age group and gender.



Table 8. 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 2,008 0 2,288 0 2 0 4,298 1
1-4 years 9,052 1 10,389 2 9 0 19,450 3
5-9 years 10,165 2 10,761 2 12 0 20,938 3
10-19 years 24,481 4 21,469 3 32 0 45,982 7
20-29 years 61,813 10 46,383 7 92 0 108,288 17
30-39 years 71,448 11 56,396 9 59 0 127,903 20
40-49 years 54,678 8 41,528 6 39 0 96,245 15
50-59 years 50,046 8 35,718 6 25 0 85,789 13
60-69 years 37,989 6 30,844 5 27 0 68,860 11
70-79 years 19,623 3 17,390 3 7 0 37,020 6
80+ years 20,384 3 11,993 2 9 0 32,386 5
Unknown 31 0 49 0 42 0 122 0
All 361,718 56 285,208 44 355 0 647,281 100
Note:
Count represents the number of people tested



Figure 19: Cumulative and daily test positivity rate for COVID-19 in Alberta.



Figure 20: 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. Data included up to end of day August 12, 2020. 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. The Communicable Disease Reporting System (CDRS) at Alberta Health and the Communicable Disease Outbreak Management (CDOM) system at Alberta Health Services contains information on COVID-19 cases. Data Integration and Measurement Reporting (DIMR) database at Alberta Health Services contains up to date information on people admitted and discharged from hospital in Alberta.

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).

Comorbidities

The following comorbitities are included in respective analyses: Diabetes, Hypertension, COPD, Cancer, Dementia, Stroke, Liver cirrhosis, Cardiovascular diseases (including IHD and Congestive heart failure), Chronic kidney disease, and Immuno-deficiency.

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 end of day August 12, 2020.