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 18, 2020.

Highlights

1,107
active cases
631
active cases, Edmonton Zone
227
total deaths
48
current hospitalizations
12
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 12-August 18, 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 12-August 18, 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 12-August 18, 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 18, 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 18, 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 18, 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 39 0 0 0 81 1
1-4 years 149 1 149 1 0 0 298 2
5-9 years 184 1 188 2 0 0 372 3
10-19 years 626 5 535 4 1 0 1,162 9
20-29 years 1,123 9 1,156 9 0 0 2,279 18
30-39 years 1,159 9 1,353 11 0 0 2,512 20
40-49 years 1,042 8 1,188 10 1 0 2,231 18
50-59 years 776 6 805 6 1 0 1,582 13
60-69 years 470 4 471 4 1 0 942 8
70-79 years 248 2 226 2 0 0 474 4
80+ years 360 3 206 2 0 0 566 5
Unknown 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
All 6,179 49 6,317 51 5 0 12,501 100



Healthcare Workers

Table 2. Healthcare workers among COVID-19 cases
Total Active Recovered Died
Calgary Zone 666 18 648 0
Central Zone 29 3 26 0
Edmonton Zone 301 80 221 0
North Zone 45 5 40 0
South Zone 62 2 60 0
Alberta 1103 108 995 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 62 years (range: 0-102)
  • 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 12501 629 5.0 14.4 125 1.0 2.9 227 1.8 5.2
Under 1 year 81 1 1.2 1.9 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
1-4 years 298 3 1.0 1.4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
5-9 years 372 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
10-19 years 1162 10 0.9 1.9 2 0.2 0.4 0 0.0 0.0
20-29 years 2279 24 1.1 4.0 4 0.2 0.7 1 0.0 0.2
30-39 years 2512 52 2.1 7.3 6 0.2 0.8 1 0.0 0.1
40-49 years 2231 64 2.9 10.7 12 0.5 2.0 1 0.0 0.2
50-59 years 1582 101 6.4 18.2 23 1.5 4.2 2 0.1 0.4
60-69 years 942 108 11.5 23.7 32 3.4 7.0 18 1.9 3.9
70-79 years 474 138 29.1 56.1 34 7.2 13.8 49 10.3 19.9
80+ years 566 128 22.6 94.2 12 2.1 8.8 155 27.4 114.1
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 2020-08-16.



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 2020-08-16.
Non-Severe
Non-ICU
ICU
Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
No Comorbidity 8180 73.3% 111 26.9% 24 24.5% 6 2.8%
With 1 Condition 1656 14.8% 75 18.2% 26 26.5% 14 6.5%
With 2 Conditions 745 6.7% 84 20.4% 23 23.5% 38 17.5%
With more than 3 Conditions 585 5.2% 142 34.5% 25 25.5% 159 73.3%

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 6,955 56
Central Zone 564 5
Edmonton Zone 2,499 20
North Zone 736 6
South Zone 1,717 14
Unknown 30 0
All 12,501 100



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: 49 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 846,681
People tested 684,041



Table 7. Number of people tested for COVID-19 in Alberta by zone
Zone Count Percent
Calgary Zone 282,359 41
Central Zone 57,436 8
Edmonton Zone 224,937 33
North Zone 57,939 8
South Zone 48,894 7
Unknown 12,476 2
All 684,041 100



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 2,130 0 2,421 0 3 0 4,554 1
1-4 years 9,885 1 11,346 2 12 0 21,243 3
5-9 years 11,194 2 11,894 2 12 0 23,100 3
10-19 years 26,299 4 23,258 3 33 0 49,590 7
20-29 years 65,007 10 48,881 7 88 0 113,976 17
30-39 years 75,725 11 59,637 9 54 0 135,416 20
40-49 years 58,095 8 43,951 6 40 0 102,086 15
50-59 years 52,744 8 37,535 5 23 0 90,302 13
60-69 years 39,793 6 32,233 5 25 0 72,051 11
70-79 years 20,413 3 18,041 3 7 0 38,461 6
80+ years 20,834 3 12,291 2 10 0 33,135 5
Unknown 28 0 53 0 45 0 126 0
All 382,147 56 301,542 44 352 0 684,041 100
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 18, 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 18, 2020.