COVID-19 pandemic.Excess deaths, also known as excess mortality, refers to situations where there are more deaths during a particular time period than what is expected, based on historical data.The figures, released Friday, show that while there isn’t evidence of excess deaths in most jurisdictions in the country, there is evidence of it in Alberta, along with B.C.
and Quebec.Stats Can compared data for seven weeks, starting at the end of February in 2020 to each of the previous five years.The data shows that this year, there were 402 more deaths in Alberta over the seven-week period.