The number of active cases of COVID-19 in Edmonton surpassed 10,000 on Dec. 13, a terrible milestone reached on the same day that the most recent public health restrictions — namely the closure of some businesses and reduced capacity in others — were put into place.
This chart generated from Edmonton's open data catalogue shows how quickly things have escalated in the second wave. On Nov. 15, Edmonton had 4,134 active cases, with 153 in hospital and 36 in intensive care; a month later, the number had risen to 10,194 active cases, with 403 in hospital and 87 in intensive care.
Of the 733 deaths from COVID-19 recorded in Alberta since the pandemic began, 359 have been in Edmonton.
Amid this grim news, there was a ray of hope on Dec. 14 as Alberta announced the arrival of enough vaccine to immunize 29,000 health-care workers before the end of the year.
Edmonton's open data catalogue is a portal for information gathered by or about the City of Edmonton and made available to the public for analysis. The source of the information in this chart is the Alberta government's COVID-19 statistics.