Table 1 Characteristics of continuing care residents in Alberta who were confirmed tested positive or negative with a Covid-19 infection between March 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021.
Characteristic | 60-day mortality | Total = 25,580 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Yes = 2590 (10.12%) | No = 22,990 (89.87%) | ||
Age category | |||
80 + | 2022 (78.07) | 14,646 (63.71) | 16,668 (65.16) |
70–79 | 386 (14.9) | 4555 (19.81) | 4941 (19.32) |
60–69 | 144 (5.56) | 2291 (9.97) | 2435 (9.52) |
50–59 | 28 (1.08) | 994 (4.32) | 1022 (4) |
40–49 | 4 (0.15) | 303 (1.32) | 307(1.2) |
30–39 | 4 (0.15) | 156 (0.68) | 160 (0.63) |
18–29 | 2 (0.08) | 45 (0.2) | 47 (0.18) |
Gender | |||
Female | 1454 (56.14) | 14,765 (64.22) | 16,219 (63.41) |
Male | 1136 (43.86) | 8225 (35.78) | 9361 (36.59) |
Specimen collection location | |||
LTC | 1706 (65.87) | 12,764 (55.52) | 14,470 (56.57) |
DSL | 520 (20.08) | 9228 (40.14) | 9748 (38.11) |
ED | 217 (8.38) | 526 (2.29) | 743 (2.9) |
H | 147 (5.68) | 472 (2.05) | 619 (2.42) |
Resident during collection | |||
LTC | 1893 (73.09) | 13,173 (57.3) | 15,066 (58.9) |
DSL | 697 (26.91) | 9817 (42.7) | 10,514 (41.1) |
Symptomatic during collection | |||
No | 1573 (60.73) | 17,695 (76.97) | 19,268 (75.32) |
Unknown | 532 (20.54) | 2957 (12.86) | 3489 (13.64) |
Yes | 485 (18.73) | 2338 (10.17) | 2823 (11.04) |
Result of the covid test | |||
Negative | 1594 (61.54) | 20,041 (87.17) | 21,635 (84.58) |
Positive | 996 (38.46) | 2949 (12.83) | 3945 (15.42) |
Specimen year-month collection | |||
2020-3 (original variant) | 192 (7.41) | 835 (3.63) | 1027 (4.01) |
2020-4 (alpha) | 476 (18.38) | 3226 (14.03) | 3702 (14.47) |
2020-5 | 271(10.46) | 2054 (8.93) | 2325 (9.09) |
2020-6 | 338 (13.05) | 9192 (39.98) | 9530 (37.26) |
2020-7 | 117 (4.52) | 894 (3.89) | 1011 (3.95) |
2020-8 | 50 (1.93) | 549 (2.39) | 599 (2.34) |
2020-9 | 59 (2.28) | 514 (2.24) | 573 (2.24) |
2020-10 (delta) | 198 (7.64) | 1226 (5.33) | 1424 (5.57) |
2020-11 | 276 (10.66) | 1389 (6.04) | 1665 (6.51) |
2020-12 (beta) | 373 (14.4) | 1827 (7.95) | 2200 (8.6) |
2021-1 (gamma) | 199 (7.68) | 846 (3.68) | 1045 (4.09) |
2021-2 (theta) | 30 (1.16) | 277 (1.2) | 307 (1.2) |
2021-3 | 11 (0.42) | 161 (0.7) | 172 (0.67) |
Comorbidities | |||
Hypertension, uncomplicated | 1307 (50.46) | 11,751 (51.11) | 13,058 (51.05) |
Depression | 1121 (43.28) | 10,922 (47.51) | 12,043(47.08) |
Other neurological disorders | 1060 (40.93) | 9413 (40.94) | 10,473 (40.94) |
Diabetes | 802 (30.97) | 6557 (28.52) | 7359 (28.77) |
