Respiratory virus dashboard

The Government of Alberta has started reporting respiratory virus data twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Data posted on Tuesdays is considered preliminary and subject to change as more information becomes available. Thursday updates will provide a more comprehensive view of the previous week.

Circulation of respiratory viruses is normally highest in the fall and winter. For the purposes of reporting and comparisons over time and between viruses, the respiratory season typically runs from late August of the current year to late August of the following year. The current season, 2025-2026, starts on August 24, 2025 and ends on August 29, 2026. Additional information on respiratory season, and a full calendar for the current season, can be found on the Data Notes page.

Respiratory virus data included in the interactive data application is up-to-date as of January 31, 2026. Among its new features, the dashboard now includes RSV Severe Outcomes data.

Severe Outcomes

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Severe Outcomes

Influenza Severe Outcomes

Total hospital admissions, ICU admissions, and deaths among laboratory-confirmed seasonal influenza cases in Alberta by age group, 2025-2026

Age group	Hospitalizations		ICU admissions		Deaths
	Count	Pop. rate	Count	Pop. rate	Count	Pop. rate
Total	3596	71.5	264	5.2	226	4.5
Under 1 year	84	160.1	8	15.2	0	0.0
1-4 years	233	110.7	15	7.1	0	0.0
5-9 years	120	39.6	6	2.0	0	0.0
10-19 years	123	19.9	18	2.9	0	0.0
20-29 years	126	18.4	17	2.5	3	0.4
30-39 years	129	16.0	8	1.0	3	0.4
40-49 years	130	17.9	20	2.7	5	0.7
50-59 years	243	43.2	36	6.4	8	1.4
60-69 years	561	102.3	63	11.5	23	4.2
70-79 years	790	226.4	53	15.2	55	15.8
80-89 years	723	532.2	19	14.0	68	50.1
90+ years	334	1049.8	1	3.1	61	191.7
Unknown	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Note: Information on reason for death may be delayed and numbers are subject to change ICU admissions may also be included in the hospitalization total Population rate (per 100,000 population)

Number of weekly hospital admissions (ICU and non-ICU) and deaths due to laboratory-confirmed seasonal influenza, 2021-2022 to 2025-2026

Total hospital admissions, ICU admissions and deaths among laboratory-confirmed seasonal influenza cases in Alberta, 2021-2022 to 2024-2025

Season	Hospitalized		ICU		Deaths
	Count	Pop. rate	Count	Pop. rate	Count	Pop. rate
2024-2025	3732	76.0	313	6.4	236	4.8
2023-2024	3358	71.6	364	7.8	171	3.6
2022-2023	2192	48.6	222	4.9	121	2.7
2021-2022	532	12.0	54	1.2	20	0.5
Note: ICU admissions may also be included in the hospitalization total Population rate (per 100,000 population)

RSV Severe Outcomes

Total hospital admissions, ICU admissions, and deaths among laboratory-confirmed RSV cases in Alberta by age group, 2025-2026

Age group	Hospitalizations		ICU admissions		Deaths
	Count	Pop. rate	Count	Pop. rate	Count	Pop. rate
Total	778	15.5	62	1.2	13	0.3
Under 1 year	243	463.1	30	57.2	0	0.0
1-4 years	264	125.4	14	6.7	0	0.0
5-9 years	23	7.6	1	0.3	0	0.0
10-19 years	4	0.6	0	0.0	0	0.0
20-29 years	5	0.7	0	0.0	0	0.0
30-39 years	12	1.5	1	0.1	0	0.0
40-49 years	12	1.6	2	0.3	0	0.0
50-59 years	34	6.0	5	0.9	0	0.0
60-69 years	48	8.7	4	0.7	2	0.4
70-79 years	60	17.2	5	1.4	2	0.6
80-89 years	49	36.1	0	0.0	5	3.7
90+ years	24	75.4	0	0.0	4	12.6
Unknown	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Note: Information on reason for death may be delayed and numbers are subject to change ICU admissions may also be included in the hospitalization total Population rate (per 100,000 population)

Number of weekly hospital admissions (ICU and non-ICU) and deaths due to laboratory-confirmed RSV, 2021-2022 to 2025-2026

Note: RSV-related severe outcomes became reportable starting in the 2024–2025 season.

COVID-19 Severe Outcomes

Total hospital admissions, ICU admissions, and deaths among laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alberta by age group, 2025-2026

Age group	Hospitalizations		ICU admissions		Deaths
	Count	Pop. rate	Count	Pop. rate	Count	Pop. rate
Total	1071	21.3	67	1.3	97	1.9
Under 1 year	46	87.7	2	3.8	0	0.0
1-4 years	31	14.7	1	0.5	0	0.0
5-9 years	12	4.0	1	0.3	0	0.0
10-19 years	23	3.7	2	0.3	1	0.2
20-29 years	20	2.9	2	0.3	0	0.0
30-39 years	36	4.5	2	0.2	1	0.1
40-49 years	28	3.8	5	0.7	2	0.3
50-59 years	67	11.9	11	2.0	5	0.9
60-69 years	129	23.5	13	2.4	6	1.1
70-79 years	255	73.1	20	5.7	31	8.9
80-89 years	286	210.5	8	5.9	26	19.1
90+ years	138	433.7	0	0.0	25	78.6
Unknown	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Note: Information on reason for death may be delayed and numbers are subject to change ICU admissions may also be included in the hospitalization total Population rate (per 100,000 population)

Number of weekly hospital admissions (ICU and non-ICU) and deaths due to laboratory-confirmed COVID-19, 2021-2022 to 2025-2026

Note: information on reason for hospitalization was unavailable prior to 2022-02-01. Data before and after that reporting change date are not directly comparable.

Total hospital admissions, ICU admissions and deaths among laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alberta, 2021-2022 to 2024-2025

Season	Hospitalized		ICU		Deaths
	Count	Pop. rate	Count	Pop. rate	Count	Pop. rate
2024-2025	3375	68.8	210	4.3	412	8.4
2023-2024	6083	129.7	380	8.1	751	16.0
2022-2023	5923	131.3	463	10.3	974	21.6
2021-2022	17173	387.5	2217	50.0	2633	59.4
Note: ICU admissions may also be included in the hospitalization total Population rate (per 100,000 population)

Severe Outcomes

Severe Outcomes

Influenza Severe Outcomes

RSV Severe Outcomes

COVID-19 Severe Outcomes

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