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 16, 2020.

Highlights

1,132
active cases
593
active cases, Edmonton Zone
224
total deaths
45
current hospitalizations
10
current ICU
83 years
average age at death

New Cases



Figure 1: COVID-19 cases in Alberta by zone. First and second panels display new (from August 10-August 16, 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 10-August 16, 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 10-August 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 42 0 38 0 0 0 80 1
1-4 years 146 1 146 1 0 0 292 2
5-9 years 177 1 185 1 0 0 362 3
10-19 years 617 5 532 4 0 0 1,149 9
20-29 years 1,117 9 1,151 9 1 0 2,269 18
30-39 years 1,150 9 1,340 11 0 0 2,490 20
40-49 years 1,038 8 1,189 10 0 0 2,227 18
50-59 years 767 6 802 6 1 0 1,570 13
60-69 years 467 4 469 4 1 0 937 8
70-79 years 245 2 224 2 0 0 469 4
80+ years 359 3 206 2 0 0 565 5
Unknown 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
All 6,125 49 6,283 51 4 0 12,412 100



Healthcare Workers

Table 2. Healthcare workers among COVID-19 cases
Total Active Recovered Died
Calgary Zone 663 18 645 0
Central Zone 28 2 26 0
Edmonton Zone 289 80 209 0
North Zone 44 4 40 0
South Zone 62 2 60 0
Alberta 1086 106 980 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 83 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 38 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 12412 617 5.0 14.1 123 1.0 2.8 224 1.8 5.1
Under 1 year 80 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
1-4 years 292 3 1.0 1.4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
5-9 years 362 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
10-19 years 1149 10 0.9 1.9 2 0.2 0.4 0 0.0 0.0
20-29 years 2269 23 1.0 3.8 3 0.1 0.5 1 0.0 0.2
30-39 years 2490 52 2.1 7.3 6 0.2 0.8 1 0.0 0.1
40-49 years 2227 61 2.7 10.2 12 0.5 2.0 1 0.0 0.2
50-59 years 1570 101 6.4 18.2 23 1.5 4.2 2 0.1 0.4
60-69 years 937 105 11.2 23.0 32 3.4 7.0 17 1.8 3.7
70-79 years 469 134 28.6 54.5 33 7.0 13.4 48 10.2 19.5
80+ years 565 128 22.7 94.2 12 2.1 8.8 154 27.3 113.4
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 6,957 56
Central Zone 561 5
Edmonton Zone 2,413 19
North Zone 722 6
South Zone 1,725 14
Unknown 34 0
All 12,412 100



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: 53 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 829,622
People tested 672,138



Table 7. Number of people tested for COVID-19 in Alberta by zone
Zone Count Percent
Calgary Zone 277,275 41
Central Zone 56,427 8
Edmonton Zone 221,103 33
North Zone 56,907 8
South Zone 48,085 7
Unknown 12,341 2
All 672,138 100



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 2,086 0 2,378 0 2 0 4,466 1
1-4 years 9,590 1 11,023 2 12 0 20,625 3
5-9 years 10,841 2 11,495 2 14 0 22,350 3
10-19 years 25,684 4 22,659 3 32 0 48,375 7
20-29 years 64,093 10 48,143 7 96 0 112,332 17
30-39 years 74,316 11 58,647 9 62 0 133,025 20
40-49 years 56,822 8 43,123 6 45 0 99,990 15
50-59 years 51,769 8 36,979 6 30 0 88,778 13
60-69 years 39,209 6 31,839 5 29 0 71,077 11
70-79 years 20,203 3 17,845 3 7 0 38,055 6
80+ years 20,726 3 12,203 2 11 0 32,940 5
Unknown 31 0 50 0 44 0 125 0
All 375,370 56 296,384 44 384 0 672,138 100
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 16, 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 16, 2020.