Alberta launches new respiratory virus reporting dashboard

The Alberta government has launched a new virus dashboard to report on respiratory viruses in the province.

Alberta’s Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange says in a statement, the updated dashboard “harmonizes” the reporting of respiratory virus data, aligning with the practices of other provinces.

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RSV cases, COVID-19 cases, and influenza cases, all with positivity rates, hospital and ICU admissions, and deaths, are reported via the dashboard.

A historical data tab is expected to be populated in the coming days, according to the province, which will provide year-by-year historical data by respiratory virus season.

“Moving forward, the dashboard will be updated every Thursday throughout the respiratory virus season. This season occurs annually, beginning around the end of August,” LaGrange said.

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For the purposes of data tracking, the 2023-24 season and data began tracking on Aug. 28, and will continue throughout the fall and into the new year.

The data page is up to date as of Sept. 23, according to the minister, and will be updated on Oct, 5, with data from Sept. 30.