- Follow the rules: Mandatory public health measures in effect across the province.
- Get vaccinated: Everyone 30+ can book now. Everyone 12+ can book starting May 10.
Current situation
- Mandatory public health measures remain in effect provincewide, including no indoor social gatherings, mask requirements, and business closures and capacity reductions.
- Additional restrictions for high case regions took effect May 5.
- Vaccine distribution is underway – 1,792,312 doses administered as of May 6
Cases by zone
| Location | Confirmed cases |
Active cases* |
Recovered cases |
In hospital** |
In intensive care*** |
Deaths | Tests completed |
People tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Canada | 1,267,300 | - | - | - | - | 24,493 | - | - |
| In Alberta | 205,115 (1,980 on May 6) |
24,860 | 178,149 | 659 | 150 | 2,106 | 4,282,841 (18,936 on May 6) |
2,075,133 |
| Calgary zone | 82,368 | 10,859 | 70,868 | 237 | 59 | 641 | - | - |
| Edmonton zone | 71,418 | 5,969 | 64,404 | 232 | 57 | 1,045 | - | - |
| Central zone | 17,705 | 2,901 | 14,666 | 58 | 10 | 138 | - | - |
| South zone | 11,135 | 1,335 | 9,680 | 37 | 7 | 120 | - | - |
| North zone | 22,448 | 3,772 | 18,514 | 95 | 17 | 162 | - | - |
| Unknown | 41 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
COVID-19 statistics
See aggregate statistics on cases in Alberta, including age range, sex and characteristics.
COVID-19 notifications
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Variant cases
Alberta is monitoring for variant strains of COVID-19 that have a higher infection rate.
- New variant cases identified: 479 on May 6
- Active variant cases: 12,828 (53% of active cases)
Case numbers are updated daily. View more variant stats on the interactive data app.
COVID-19 R values
The R value, also known as the reproduction number, describes whether cases are currently increasing, decreasing or staying the same. It tells us average number of people that someone with COVID-19 will infect.
For example, if the R value is:
- at 1, then an infected person will infect one other person, on average
- below 1, it means the rate of transmission was decreasing during that period
- above 1, the transmission rate was increasing
R values from April 26 to May 2 (confidence interval)
- Alberta provincewide: 1.12 (1.10-1.14)
- Edmonton Zone: 0.99 (0.95-1.02)
- Calgary Zone: 1.16 (1.13-1.19)
- Rest of Alberta: 1.18 (1.14-1.21)
COVID-19 R values will be updated weekly.
Outbreaks in Alberta
- Acute care and continuing care facilities (including group homes) are reported publicly when there are 2 or more cases, indicating that a transmission within the facility has occurred.
- Outbreak control measures are put in place at continuing care facilities and group homes with a single confirmed case, as a precaution.
- AHS Acute Care Outbreaks in Alberta provides more information on outbreaks in hospitals.
- Prisons, correctional facilities, shelters and child care settings are listed when there are 5 or more cases.
- All other non-healthcare workplaces, events, public settings (restaurants, salons and gyms) and sports activities are listed when there are 10 or more cases.
- Outbreaks are declared over when 4 weeks have passed since the last case was identified, so not all outbreaks listed below have current transmission happening.
- This list is for general information purposes and should not be used to guide public health decision-making.
Outbreak locations by zone
- Outbreak information is updated on Tuesdays and Fridays each week.
- Case numbers for outbreaks at specific sites are not provided online because they change rapidly and often.
Cases in K-12 schools
The school status map shows the current status of COVID-19 cases in K to 12 schools across Alberta.
Modelling and projections
Variant projections
Several new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been documented over the last few months. Of particular concern are two variants with higher infection rates that were first identified in the United Kingdom and South Africa.
Alberta developed projections of the UK variant to demonstrate how it could spread rapidly if strong measures are not in place to limit in-person interactions and transmission. This variant was chosen as more data is currently available.
- COVID-19 variant projections (January 25, 2021)
Modelling planning scenarios
In April 2020, Alberta used modelling to demonstrate potential COVID-19 case trends during the summer months. This helped us make decisions and prepare hospitals to care for critical and acute patients as we learned how to better treat and prevent the virus.
The scenarios in the models did not become a reality in Alberta, and the province’s hospitalization rate continues to be much lower than the estimate in the low scenario.
Alberta now has months of data and experience to inform our ongoing response to COVID-19. No updated models are being planned at this time.
- Alberta COVID-19 modelling - April 8 (PDF, 828 KB)
- Alberta COVID-19 modelling update - April 28 (PDF, 935 KB)