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[132], In July 2020, the NHL announced that Rogers Place in Edmonton would be one of two host arenas of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs beginning August 1 (alongside Toronto's Scotiabank Centre), which were played behind closed doors with all participating teams staying within a restricted area encompassing the arena and nearby facilities such as hotels. Alberta reported its first official death from COVID-19 on March 19. "[122], Health Link nurses had been referring people with COVID-19 symptoms to one of a number of drive-thru assessment centres for testing. Each column in this chart is a "stack" of cases, colour-coded by zone. The province shifted testing priorities and was no longer testing returned travelers, so this number is not expected to rise. [37], On March 18, Alberta reported 119 cases of people testing positive for COVID-19. [27], Calgary's Mayor Naheed Nenshi on March 15,[28] and Red Deer's Mayor Tara Veer on March 16, declared a State of Local Emergency (SOLE) in their cities. In early 2021, Alberta Health started reporting more data on new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19. "[56][57][58], On March 29 there were 40 new cases representing the smallest daily increase in Alberta since March 21, compared to March 28 with 79 new cases, the highest daily number to date. Banff also requires masks in its downtown pedestrian area. [1] On June 12, the entire province of Alberta moved to Stage 2 of the government's economic relaunch plan. Canada Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline. The AHS also stated that it was investigating a possible link between the outbreak to a recent funeral held by a nearby Hutterite colony. The Canadian province of Alberta has the third-most cases of COVID-19 in Canada. On May 29, asymptomatic testing was expanded to the entire province, meaning any Albertan wanting a test could seek one, even without symptoms of COVID-19. "The more we can slow the spread of the virus down, the less likely it is that there will be a surge of cases that overwhelm our health system's capacity to care for those who need hospitalization or intensive care." [21], By March 15, Alberta had reported 56 cases, and had completed 10,524 tests. This next chart shows the same information, but is limited to just the past three weeks, making it easier to see where new cases have been popping up. ... Alberta adds 26 deaths, 843 COVID-19 cases after low-testing day. [48] The update called for vigilance of "online or phone scams" and reminded Albertans that neither Alberta Health or Alberta Health Services would call and ask for "social insurance numbers or banking information". One "curve" that people have been paying attention to, especially early in the pandemic, is the total number of cases. But the number of active cases can vary quite a bit from place to place and from time to time. The laboratory "dramatically increased" capacity for running tests for COVID-19. The natio… "[122] Hinshaw said, "Our new approach reflects the fact that the most important thing anyone can do if they have mild symptoms isn’t to get tested – it’s to stay home and self-isolate. "[109], On July 31, 2020, the Canadian federal government launched COVID Alert, which is based on Apple Inc. and Google's Exposure Notification system. ... according to Statistics Canada data. Please reference the Alberta Health Report found here: https://open.alberta.ca/publications/2561-3154 *Total doses administered by AHS Public Health and Pharmacists as of March 23, 2019.Doses administered by community partners (AHS non-public health, non-AHS and Physicians), AHS WHS Covenant Health OHS and FNIHB from October to De… [150] On April 20, Cargill temporarily closed the facility after a total of 484 cases were confirmed. Alberta recorded 727 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and six more people have died. This next chart illustrates that. [53] By March 24, of the tests conducted to date, 32,418 were negative and 358 were positive. [52], By March 24, a second person had died. Alberta NDP critic of democracy and ethics Heather Sweet displayed concern for the limitation and privacy implications tied to it, arguing that "when you're keeping your device open at all times when you're using it, the question becomes, how is that data being stored if you're collected it from somebody else and how is it being used? [145][146][147] A major outbreak of cases in northwest Saskatchewan (centered upon the remote community of La Loche) was attributed to cases imported from Kearl. Case five was an older woman who had been on the Princess Cruise. So that's the big picture, but the chart above can be a little hard to read if you're mainly interested in recent cases. [1] As of April 20, 540 cases were suspected of being spread by community transmission and 1,230 people had recovered. [81], According to data from the federal government, from July 7 to 21, of all the Canadian provinces, Alberta had the highest per-capita rate of active cases. The WHO has warned that could double if countries don’t take greater action to tackle the pandemic. [143], On April 15, 2020, multiple cases tied to the Kearl Oil Sands Project were announced,[144] reaching 20 by April 20. The lines in this chart are a bit "jagged" because Alberta Health did not provide daily updates on variants throughout January and early February, so often several days would pass before the numbers were updated. Alberta is the fourth most populated province in Canada with a population of 4,306,039 representing 11.57%. The line shows the average positivity rate over the previous seven days. Figure 4: COVID-19 cases in Alberta by day and case status. [124], On October 22, the government of Alberta announced a pilot project with the federal government, whereby individuals returning from international travel via Calgary International Airport or the Sweetgrass–Coutts Border Crossing may waive the federally-mandated quarantine period if they are immediately tested for COVID-19 on arrival. Many cases may have gone undetected because people didn't have symptoms or didn't seek testing for other reasons. The Provincial Archives of Alberta provides access to: birth records that are 120 years or older (from the date of birth) marriage records that are 75 years or older (from the date of marriage) death records that are 50 years or older (from the date of death) We've heard that COVID-19 tends to hit older people harder than younger people, and this is true to a large extent but it doesn't mean young people are immune. [72], On April 30, the number of active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta reached 3,022, which was the peak of the first wave. The outbreaks at the slaughterhouses in High River and Brooks, in particular, shot it back up again, as did smaller, localized outbreaks in other areas. Alberta's testing protocols have changed significantly over time, leading to changes in which cases of COVID-19 are being caught and included in the provincial data — and those which go uncounted. [3] The total number of tests performed reached 20,165 by March 20,[47] which represented among the "highest number of tests per capita" in the world. [151], In July, an outbreak emerged in Warner, Alberta—a U.S. border region which had, up until then, had no confirmed cases. Health officials believe that a doctor from Saskatchewan who had been to Las Vegas before attending the Edmonton event was the bonspiel's patient zero. Many of these people have died in long-term care homes. [68] Hinshaw reported that the measure was necessary due to staff shortages, inadequate care of residents, inadequate screening of staff and visitors, and incorrect use of personal protective equipment. Jason Kenney, the Premier of Alberta, working closely with the Emergency Management Cabinet Committee, followed the recommendations of Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, in response to the "rapidly evolving global threat". "[85] On November 9, a group of 70 physicians issued a joint letter to the Kenney government, calling for a two-week "circuit breaker" lockdown to help control and trace the present surge of cases, criticizing the government's lack of leadership and direction. Two-week self-isolation policies were erected on April 19 by the away provinces. Note the numbers in the above chart are collected nationally so the dates are slightly different from the Alberta-specific data. They must quarantine until the result comes back negative, after which they are no longer restricted, although they must receive a second test within six or seven days of arrival, complete a daily assessment survey, and not travel out of province for 14 days. "[46], By March 20, there were 49 new confirmed cases making a total of 195 confirmed cases identified in Alberta. There were 42 new cases. Dr. Deena Hinshaw tweeted statistics from an a modified COVID update at about 10:30 a.m. [55][61] Under the new guidelines, "travellers who returned to Alberta after March 12" with mild symptoms would no longer be tested for COVID-19. In the detailed data (which are posted on this other section of the Alberta Health website), the case counts are retroactively adjusted as new information comes in. Cases are under investigation and numbers may fluctuate as … In the simplified numbers (which Dr. Hinshaw cites and are also posted on this section of the Alberta Health website), these fluctuations are netted out, so that the numbers reported each day add up to the total number of cases. [54] There were 57 new cases confirmed. [38] On March 18, Hinshaw said that Alberta's "online self-assessment tool had been accessed more than 1.3 million times. "[15] She said that the virus "can be contained" as was the case in "countries like Singapore. Risk of COVID-19 hospitalization and death by age group. [13] At her daily briefing, Hinshaw drew attention to the World Health Organization's (WHO) official declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic earlier on March 11. (Note the scale of vertical axis is not the same for each line chart; it's specific to each local area's case history.). [3][56][57], By March 31 the number of community-transmitted cases had increased to 75 which was double the number from the previous week. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, there are so many numbers flying around, it's hard to keep track. So while the number of identified variants doubled in the span of a week, that doesn't mean the number of new variants are actually spreading at a rate where cases are doubling every week. For more information on how Alberta's vaccine distribution compares to other provinces and territories, check out CBC's national vaccine tracker. [62] Premier Kenney noted that Alberta presently has about a one-month supply of the technical N95 masks and an adequate supply of procedural masks. Covid 19 Stats and Day by Day Cases and Deaths. [14], In her response to the March 11 decision by the World Health Organization to "officially declare COVID-19 a global pandemic", Hinshaw said that this "reflects the seriousness" of COVID-19, which is "not like other threats we have seen in the past few decades. Deaths 534,275 Total 0.162% Per Capita. The Provincial Archives of Alberta holds hundreds of thousands of vital statistic records. The COVID-19 pandemic in Canada is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).The virus was confirmed to have reached Canada on January 27, 2020, after an individual who had returned to Toronto from Wuhan, Hubei, China, tested positive.. Who are you allowed to see? It was stated that the measures would be evaluated, and that by December 15, the province desired the rate of new transmissions to fall to 1%. "[61] Williamson, who is an assistant professor of biostatistics in community health sciences department, says that "Alberta is currently on a "middle-of-the-road" trajectory, likely to avoid a worst-case scenario of Italy but also unlikely to achieve the dramatic success achieved in Singapore, where stringent social distancing measures were imposed early. In that case, you can also click here to open a standalone version in a new browser tab. [51], There were 301 confirmed cases announced at the March 23 briefing. [137], By March 30, there were 36 residents of the McKenzie Towne care home and five staff members that were "probable or confirmed cases". These are the figures that tend to be front and centre in the daily updates about COVID-19. Premier Kenney also announced protection for renters. Anyone who has gone 10 days from their date of discharge from hospital, if they did require hospitalization. [92], On March 12, the province restricted all gatherings to a maximum of 250 people, recommended against international travel, and recommended that anyone returning from international travel self-isolate for 14 days on return. By March 6, there were 135,537 confirmed cases, 4,649 active cases and 1,914 deaths in Alberta. All employees must work from home unless their physical presence is considered necessary for their respective job, and all retail businesses and religious gatherings are limited to 15% of the venue's licensed capacity. 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Hundreds of Albertans have now died of COVID-19 but the rate of deaths has fluctuated throughout the pandemic. [105][106] On January 7, Premier Kenney announced that the existing measures would be extended for at least two more weeks. [36], Hinshaw's March 17 update said that five people that tested positive were hospitalized, two had been were admitted to the ICU, and the other 90 individuals were "self-isolating at home and expected to make a full recovery. By mid-September, there had been 42 people who were infectious who were present in 35 schools. [78], On June 15, the provincial state of emergency ended. Below you'll find a series of curated charts, which will be updated as new information becomes available. Alberta's rate of hospitalization was on "on the rise and second only to Quebec. The COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta is part of an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The number of people to have died from the disease is much more heavily weighted toward older adults, with most of the deaths among people aged 80 or over. Coronavirus Statistics and Day by Day Deaths. [112][113] It operates in a similar manner to ABTraceTogether, using APIs implemented at the OS level on both Android and iOS to overcome the aforementioned limitations on background operation. [139] Jason Kenney's polling numbers plummeted in the last few months of 2020. [91], On May 29, the Alberta government announced partnerships with fast food chains A&W, McDonald's, and Tim Hortons to distribute complimentary non-medical face masks to drive-thru customers. So this next chart focuses on just the past three weeks, and breaks down the active caseload by health zone. He joined CBC in 2015 after spending the previous decade working as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Alberta, British Columbia and Manitoba. Alberta had performed about 15,000 tests, adding that, "To put that into perspective, when accounting for population size, that is 35 times higher than the per capita number of tests in the US. [21] Premier Kenney declared a public health emergency on March 17. Sometimes Alberta Health learns, days after counting a "probable" case of COVID-19, that it actually wasn't a true case of the disease. [73] The High River, Alberta-based Cargill Meat Solutions, is a subsidiary of Cargill Inc—a multi-generational family-owned and operated, multinational agribusiness. – Mar 19, 2020 Vital statistic indexes are yearly summaries of vital events that contain basic information such as name, location, year, and registration number. [61] Naugler "hypothesizes this may be because of the province's relatively young demographic, low smoking rate or robust health-care system. Six deaths occurred between February 6, 2016 and June 17, 2016, when federal legislation removed the need to attain a court order prior to undergoing medical assistance in dying. Kenney stated that he did not want to order the closure of all retail businesses, considering such a measure to have been disproportionately advantageous to "big U.S.-owned big-box stores" and detrimental to smaller, Alberta-owned businesses. "[7] She cautioned against panic buying and advised Albertans to "plan ahead". The province added an estimated 900 cases through 12,700 laboratory tests – a seven per cent positivity rate. But the advantage of looking at new cases is that they tend to be a leading indicator of how the virus is spreading, where it's spreading, and whether the spread is speeding up or slowing down. To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC/Radio-Canada's online communities (except in children and youth-oriented communities). 2:16 Alberta announces first death from COVID-19 WATCH ABOVE: Dr. Deena Hinshaw announces a man in his 60s from Edmonton is Alberta’s first death from COVID-19. [91], On January 29, Premier Kenney announced restrictions on restaurants and gyms would begin to be eased on February 8. Students from grade 7 through 12 would shift to online classes from November 30 to January 11, 2021. [133] Rogers Centre had been considered a front-runner prior to the announcement due to its high-quality facilities and ease of access to nearby hotels and facilities, while the league eventually focused on Canadian cities due to the spike of new cases in the United States. [68], On April 20, Cargill closed its High River beef processing plant because the operation was part of a significant cluster of 1,560 cases as of May 5, 2020. At that point, she said Alberta had completed more than 659,000 tests, in total, on asymptomatic people with no known exposure and, of those, only 0.11 per cent came back positive. There is often a lag between when a person dies and when it is reported to Alberta Health, so the number of deaths for the most recent few days tends to be under-reported. CDC’s home for COVID-19 data. In early June, you can see how new cases started growing in the Edmonton Zone again, after very few cases in and around the city for many weeks. The Alberta government reported 25 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, the lowest single-day increase for new cases in weeks. Hishaw said that 11 of these "may be community transmission". [15], On March 12, 2020, Alberta announced a ban on all meetings of more than 250 people. This included not eating meals with family and keeping a distance of 2 metres away from family members until she had test results. In an extreme case of ICU demand, non-traditional hospital space such as resuscitation bays in emergency departments and post-operative recovery rooms could converted into intensive care units. [7], On March 5, Hinshaw reported Alberta's first presumptive COVID-19 case. Some of these new cases will require hospitalization, which leads us to the next metric. [26], Alberta ordered all daycares to close, all K-12 schools to suspend classes and close to students, and all post-secondary institutions to suspend in-person classes and switch to online classes on March 15. These numbers are also sometimes retroactively updated to reflect the latest totals, as new hospital data comes in. The plant continued at a reduced capacity, but no layoffs had occurred as of April 17. 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[16] As of March 12, all those who have travelled outside Canada "must self-isolate for 14 days and monitor for symptoms. "[82] At a July 21 press conference, Premier Kenney said that "we should all be very concerned about the recent rise in active COVID-19 cases". "[15] As a result, the province requested that "all travellers returning from Italy" self-isolate for two weeks. [8] Hinshaw said that more positive cases were found as a result of the work of public health teams who had contacted the 44 Albertans repatriated from the Grand Princess. These two counts can vary slightly on some days because there is always a little uncertainty in the latest daily numbers. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Jury trials which were already in process, would continue. [4] As of April 25, there were 226 new cases, making a total of 4,223 confirmed cases. "[83] Of these, the largest were at Cargill and JBS in April and May. She announced that Alberta Health Services was preparing for an "increase in the number of cases that need hospital care" so all scheduled and elective surgeries were postponed. Live statistics and coronavirus news tracking the number of confirmed cases, recovered patients, tests, and death toll due to the COVID-19 coronavirus from Wuhan, China. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. "[39], Hinshaw said at her March 18 update, "We have had to weigh lives against livelihoods. [65], On April 15, Premier Kenney announced an additional $53 million in mental health funding will be made available for programmes and services to help Albertans cope with mental health and addiction issues that have arisen as a result of the pandemic. [4] As of April 21, 109,015 tests had been conducted and 3,095 cases were confirmed. [106], On May 1, the province released a digital encounter logging app, ABTraceTogether—developed by Deloitte and based on the BlueTrace protocol and Singapore's TraceTogether app—which generates random IDs transmitted via Bluetooth and logged by the app on other users' phones. [70] The Alberta Occupational health and safety launched an investigation into conditions at the Cargill meat-packing plant in High River, and 96 cases at a JBS plant in Brooks. On May 11, asymptomatic testing was extended to people in the Calgary health zone, due to the high number of cases in the area. On April 8, the criteria were further expanded to include anyone with symptoms living in the Calgary health zone, which has seen the majority of cases so far in the province. Workers come from afar, typically for two week non-stop shifts. "[14] The Emergency Management Cabinet Committee approved Hinshaw's "recommendation that all large gatherings of more than 250 people, or international events" in Alberta be cancelled. Total June 2016 - December 2016: 63 EDMONTON, AB. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. Later on, that rate of growth started to slow, and the curve "flattened" — to a degree. By March 16, there were 139,143 confirmed cases, 4,776 active cases and 1,952 deaths in Alberta. This next chart shows the age ranges of patients who have been hospitalized in Alberta with the disease. United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Union Local 401 lobbied unsuccessfully for the plant's closure since the point at which health authorities were aware of 38 cases linked to the facility. "[55] People returning from travel abroad after March 10, were advised to self-isolate for 14 days. Two variants of particular concern are known as B117 (which originated in the United Kingdom) and B1351 (which originated in South Africa.). [3] Hinshaw said that by March 20, "World-wide, Alberta has been conducting among the highest number of tests per capita. [59] On March 30, Hinshaw stated that testing has been reduced the previous two days, as they are no longer automatically testing returning travellers, and there were shortages of lab supplies which should be rectified by the end of the week. [18] If the user answers yes to certain questions, they are prompted to call 911 emergency services, 811 to speak with a nurse, or they were be told that a test is not necessary. The province imposed specific "aggressive public health measures" which included "limiting mass gatherings", and prohibiting and limiting attendance at a number of public and private facilities. Scroll, zoom and click on the map for more information. [30] The director of the Calgary Emergency Management Agency, Tom Sampson,[31] said Calgary residents would have basic services including water and power, public transit, and 911 for emergency services from fire, police and ambulance. "[40] Hinshaw said that "first wave of the outbreak could reach its peak in Alberta around mid-April" and that "officials expect another wave of the illness in the fall. This was largely related to the major outbreak at the Cargill slaughterhouse in High River, which is part of the Calgary Zone. [50], By March 22, the total number of tests conducted was 26,740, the total number of cases was 259, with the addition of 33 new cases on March 22. [66] Much of the daily data was missing for April 15 and 16 due to a small electrical fire at the data centre, leading to skewed results for those dates as well as April 17, when normal reporting resumed. He then announced plans for a "near-normal" return to classes in September with no class-size limits or mandatory masks.

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