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 24, 2020.

Highlights

1,134
active cases
608
active cases, Edmonton Zone
235
total deaths
46
current hospitalizations
7
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 18-August 24, 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 18-August 24, 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 18-August 24, 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 24, 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 24, 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 24, 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 43 0 43 0 0 0 86 1
1-4 years 162 1 163 1 0 0 325 2
5-9 years 194 1 195 1 0 0 389 3
10-19 years 659 5 572 4 1 0 1,232 9
20-29 years 1,191 9 1,214 9 0 0 2,405 18
30-39 years 1,209 9 1,413 11 0 0 2,622 20
40-49 years 1,103 8 1,222 9 1 0 2,326 18
50-59 years 799 6 835 6 1 0 1,635 12
60-69 years 491 4 490 4 1 0 982 8
70-79 years 260 2 239 2 0 0 499 4
80+ years 369 3 211 2 0 0 580 4
Unknown 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
All 6,480 50 6,598 50 5 0 13,083 100



Healthcare Workers

Table 2. Healthcare workers among COVID-19 cases
Total Active Recovered Died
Calgary Zone 678 21 657 0
Central Zone 30 2 28 0
Edmonton Zone 334 74 260 0
North Zone 63 20 43 0
South Zone 62 1 61 0
Alberta 1167 118 1049 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: 4-89)
  • 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 13083 654 5.0 15.0 128 1.0 2.9 235 1.8 5.4
Under 1 year 86 1 1.2 1.9 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
1-4 years 325 4 1.2 1.8 1 0.3 0.5 0 0.0 0.0
5-9 years 389 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
10-19 years 1232 10 0.8 1.9 2 0.2 0.4 0 0.0 0.0
20-29 years 2405 25 1.0 4.2 4 0.2 0.7 1 0.0 0.2
30-39 years 2622 58 2.2 8.2 5 0.2 0.7 1 0.0 0.1
40-49 years 2326 67 2.9 11.2 12 0.5 2.0 1 0.0 0.2
50-59 years 1635 104 6.4 18.8 24 1.5 4.3 2 0.1 0.4
60-69 years 982 110 11.2 24.1 33 3.4 7.2 18 1.8 3.9
70-79 years 499 142 28.5 57.7 35 7.0 14.2 52 10.4 21.1
80+ years 580 133 22.9 97.9 12 2.1 8.8 160 27.6 117.8
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 2020-08-24.



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 2020-08-24.
Non-Severe
Non-ICU
ICU
Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
No Comorbidity 9037 73.9% 126 28.3% 25 25.5% 8 3.4%
With 1 Condition 1785 14.6% 82 18.4% 26 26.5% 15 6.4%
With 2 Conditions 787 6.4% 86 19.3% 22 22.4% 42 17.9%
With more than 3 Conditions 619 5.1% 152 34.1% 25 25.5% 169 72.2%

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 7,156 55
Central Zone 570 4
Edmonton Zone 2,776 21
North Zone 825 6
South Zone 1,725 13
Unknown 31 0
All 13,083 100



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 903,052
People tested 723,302



Table 7. Number of people tested for COVID-19 in Alberta by zone
Zone Count Percent
Calgary Zone 298,442 41
Central Zone 60,679 8
Edmonton Zone 237,244 33
North Zone 62,151 9
South Zone 51,723 7
Unknown 13,063 2
All 723,302 100



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 2,210 0 2,531 0 4 0 4,745 1
1-4 years 10,709 1 12,226 2 13 0 22,948 3
5-9 years 12,278 2 13,005 2 17 0 25,300 3
10-19 years 28,205 4 25,176 3 46 0 53,427 7
20-29 years 68,281 9 51,181 7 94 0 119,556 17
30-39 years 80,365 11 62,585 9 62 0 143,012 20
40-49 years 62,807 9 46,489 6 55 0 109,351 15
50-59 years 56,510 8 39,410 5 29 0 95,949 13
60-69 years 41,708 6 33,535 5 27 0 75,270 10
70-79 years 21,077 3 18,633 3 7 0 39,717 5
80+ years 21,310 3 12,567 2 9 0 33,886 5
Unknown 35 0 56 0 49 0 140 0
All 405,495 56 317,395 44 412 0 723,302 100
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 24, 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 24, 2020.