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 October 25, 2020.

Highlights

118
current hospitalizations
16
current ICU
307
total deaths
4,477
active cases
2,179
active cases, Edmonton Zone
82 years
average age at death

New Cases



Figure 1: COVID-19 cases in Alberta by zone. First and second panels display new (from October 19-October 25, 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 October 19-October 25, 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 October 19-October 25, 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 October 25, 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 October 25, 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 October 25, 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 88 0 80 0 0 0 168 1
1-4 years 406 2 364 1 0 0 770 3
5-9 years 501 2 519 2 1 0 1,021 4
10-19 years 1,530 6 1,421 6 2 0 2,953 11
20-29 years 2,349 9 2,483 10 1 0 4,833 19
30-39 years 2,386 9 2,626 10 0 0 5,012 19
40-49 years 2,085 8 2,210 9 2 0 4,297 17
50-59 years 1,471 6 1,498 6 2 0 2,971 12
60-69 years 908 4 955 4 2 0 1,865 7
70-79 years 470 2 419 2 0 0 889 3
80+ years 579 2 371 1 0 0 950 4
Unknown 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 0
All 12,773 50 12,949 50 11 0 25,733 100



Healthcare Workers

Table 2. Healthcare workers among COVID-19 cases
Total Active Recovered Died
Calgary Zone 970 97 873 0
Central Zone 51 7 44 0
Edmonton Zone 789 122 667 0
North Zone 131 12 119 0
South Zone 107 19 88 0
Unknown 1 0 1 0
Alberta 2049 257 1792 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: 27-105)
  • Average age for COVID cases hospitalized with an ICU stay is 60 years (range: 4-89)
  • Average age for COVID cases hospitalized is 62 years (range: 0-102)
  • Average age for COVID cases not hospitalized is 36 years (range: 0-118)



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 25733 1075 4.2 24.6 191 0.7 4.4 307 1.2 7.0
Under 1 year 168 4 2.4 7.4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
1-4 years 770 4 0.5 1.8 1 0.1 0.5 0 0.0 0.0
5-9 years 1021 1 0.1 0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
10-19 years 2953 17 0.6 3.2 3 0.1 0.6 0 0.0 0.0
20-29 years 4833 51 1.1 8.5 7 0.1 1.2 2 0.0 0.3
30-39 years 5012 95 1.9 13.4 11 0.2 1.6 2 0.0 0.3
40-49 years 4297 110 2.6 18.5 18 0.4 3.0 2 0.0 0.3
50-59 years 2971 165 5.6 29.8 38 1.3 6.9 8 0.3 1.4
60-69 years 1865 186 10.0 40.7 49 2.6 10.7 25 1.3 5.5
70-79 years 889 226 25.4 91.9 44 4.9 17.9 73 8.2 29.7
80+ years 950 216 22.7 159.0 20 2.1 14.7 195 20.5 143.6
Unknown 4 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 2020-10-19.



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 2020-10-19.
Non-Severe
Non-ICU
ICU
Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
No comorbidity 14953 69.5% 182 24.9% 24 17.3% 9 3.1%
With 1 condition 4022 18.7% 137 18.8% 32 23.0% 17 5.8%
With 2 conditions 1401 6.5% 126 17.3% 38 27.3% 54 18.5%
With 3 or more conditions 1136 5.3% 285 39.0% 45 32.4% 212 72.6%

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 11,345 44
Central Zone 953 4
Edmonton Zone 9,210 36
North Zone 1,891 7
South Zone 2,268 9
Unknown 66 0
All 25,733 100



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: 133 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 1,744,042
People tested 1,245,294



Table 7. Number of people tested for COVID-19 in Alberta by zone
Zone Count Percent
Calgary Zone 497,031 40
Central Zone 106,684 9
Edmonton Zone 419,635 34
North Zone 120,879 10
South Zone 80,818 6
Unknown 20,247 2
All 1,245,294 100



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 3,452 0 3,989 0 9 0 7,450 1
1-4 years 26,158 2 29,382 2 34 0 55,574 4
5-9 years 44,162 4 48,918 4 64 0 93,144 7
10-19 years 73,855 6 74,319 6 118 0 148,292 12
20-29 years 103,546 8 78,718 6 183 0 182,447 15
30-39 years 130,411 10 100,394 8 196 0 231,001 19
40-49 years 102,832 8 76,604 6 100 0 179,536 14
50-59 years 83,079 7 59,539 5 90 0 142,708 11
60-69 years 59,667 5 47,863 4 62 0 107,592 9
70-79 years 29,166 2 25,511 2 21 0 54,698 4
80+ years 26,433 2 16,046 1 28 0 42,507 3
Unknown 98 0 140 0 104 0 342 0
All 682,861 55 561,424 45 1,009 0 1,245,294 100
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 October 25, 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.

Active and recovered status is a surveillance definition to try to understand the number of active cases in the population. It is not related to clinical management of cases. It is based on the assumption that a case is recovered 14 days after a particular date. For confirmed cases, specimen collected date is used and for probable cases date reported to Alberta Health is used. If a case is hospitalized, the recovered date is when their symptoms have resolved based on case follow-up, or 10 days after being discharged.

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 October 25, 2020.