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Assignment Editor @CTVedmonton my focus is COVID-19, influenza, opioid crisis & crime data. Views expressed are mine and mine alone. Kyra.markov@bellmedia.ca

Aug 21, 2022, 16 tweets

Aug 17: AB COVID-19 data round up
Disclaimer: I base my graphs off of Alberta Health's raw data. The data they release weekly includes changes made to past weeks. I update my graphs to reflect those changes which is why my numbers may be different than others. #COVID19AB #Yeg

Tests: 7762 (-42 less than last week)
Last weeks test numbers were retroactively changed from 7789 up to 7804. #COVID19AB #Yeg

Avg Positivity: 21.93% (-1.95% from last week)
Last week's avg positivity was modified from 23.73% up to 23.88%.
#COVID19AB #Yeg

Deaths: 6 deaths occurred this week.
1 added to the week of July 19th
16 added to the week of July 26th
11 added to last week.
#COVID19AB #Yeg

Hospitalized: 818 (+10 more than last week)
Last weeks hospitalizations were retroactively modified from 748 up to 808.
This is the highest number of hospitalizations we've had since the week of May 31st.
#COVID19AB #Yeg

ICU: 28 (same as last week)
ICU numbers have stayed relatively the same for the last 5 weeks or so.
#COVID19AB #yeg #yyc

New cases: 1661 (-127 less than last week)
The number of new cases for last week were retroactively changed from 1808 down to 1788.
#COVID19AB #yeg #yyc

Daily cases

Daily deaths

Daily positivity

Daily hospitalizations and ICU

Monthly averages of new cases per day compared year by year, although testing has been significantly reduced multiple times so it's not the most accurate comparison.

Number of actual deaths per month compared year over year.

Average hospitalizations per month year over year

Average monthly ICU admissions year over year

Hope this helps and sorry it was was late this week.

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