Shiloh
Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: https://www.ontario.ca/page/2019-novel-coronavirus#section-0
Status of cases in Ontario
Ontario is now providing a more detailed summary of COVID-19 cases in the province that will be updated each day at 10:30 a.m.
This daily epidemiologic summary replaces the information on the status of COVID-19 cases that was previously provided twice daily on this page. The new summary provides more provincial and regional data on confirmed cases, demographics and trends of cases since the outbreak began including geography, exposure and severity.
The daily summary is based on data reported by the 34 public health units across Ontario and recorded in the province’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS). iPHIS is the Ministry of Health’s disease reporting system where data is regularly updated. Data for each day’s summary will be pulled from iPHIS at 4:00 p.m. the previous day
[SUP]1[/SUP]Number of confirmed cases reported to date in iPHIS by Ontario’s 34 Public Health Units (PHUs), including resolved and deceased cases. PHUs may publicly report on cases prior to updating the data in iPHIS. In the event of a discrepancy between iPHIS cases and cases publicly reported by PHUs, data reported by PHUs should be considered the most up to date.
[SUP]2[/SUP]Includes cases reported as recovered in iPHIS and cases that are not currently listed as hospitalized in iPHIS, those that are 14 days past symptom onset (if present) or 14 days past the episode date if the case is closed.
[SUP]3[/SUP]Public Health Units may publicly report deaths prior to updating the data in iPHIS. The data in iPHIS may therefore be underreported. Deaths among non-laboratory confirmed cases reported are not included. In the event of a discrepancy between the number of deaths in iPHIS and deaths publicly reported by PHUs, data reported by PHUs should be considered the most up to date.
[SUP]4[/SUP]This includes all persons with tests performed by the Public Health Ontario Laboratory and non-Public Health Laboratories. This is an underestimate of the total number of tests completed, as a minimum of two specimens are recommended when testing hospitalized individuals for COVID-19.
[SUP]5[/SUP]Samples with testing in progress.
[SUP]6[/SUP]Data is self-reported by the hospitals to the Ministry of Health and may not match the numbers posted by local public health units. The values represent the total number of patients hospitalized regardless of where in the hospital they are located, including patients hospitalized within the ICU. The hospitals’ midnight census data are reported and are subject to periodic revision by the hospitals. Data shown is as of April 1, 2020.
[SUP]7[/SUP]ICU data include patients in levels 2 and 3 flex, neonatal, pediatric, and adult ICU beds. The reported numbers reflect the previous day’s values.
Note: 19 cases did not specify male or female. The age of three cases were unknown.
Data Source:
Status of cases in Ontario
Ontario is now providing a more detailed summary of COVID-19 cases in the province that will be updated each day at 10:30 a.m.
This daily epidemiologic summary replaces the information on the status of COVID-19 cases that was previously provided twice daily on this page. The new summary provides more provincial and regional data on confirmed cases, demographics and trends of cases since the outbreak began including geography, exposure and severity.
The daily summary is based on data reported by the 34 public health units across Ontario and recorded in the province’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS). iPHIS is the Ministry of Health’s disease reporting system where data is regularly updated. Data for each day’s summary will be pulled from iPHIS at 4:00 p.m. the previous day
| Number of cases[SUP]1[/SUP] | 3,255 | N/A |
| Change from previous report | 462 | 16.5% increase |
| Resolved[SUP]2[/SUP] | 1,023 | 31.4 |
| Deceased[SUP]3[/SUP] | 67 | 2.1 |
| Male | 1,579 | 48.5 |
| Female | 1,657 | 50.9 |
| 19 and under | 82 | 2.5 |
| 20-39 | 945 | 29.0 |
| 40-59 | 1,178 | 36.2 |
| 60-79 | 821 | 25.2 |
| 80 and over | 226 | 6.9 |
| Total Tested[SUP]4[/SUP] | 66,753 | N/A |
| Currently Under Investigation[SUP]5[/SUP] | 1,245 | N/A |
| Number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19[SUP]6[/SUP] | 462 | N/A |
| Number of patients in ICU[SUP]7[/SUP] with COVID-19 | 194 | N/A |
| Number of patients in ICU[SUP]7[/SUP] on a ventilator with COVID-19 | 140 | N/A |
[SUP]2[/SUP]Includes cases reported as recovered in iPHIS and cases that are not currently listed as hospitalized in iPHIS, those that are 14 days past symptom onset (if present) or 14 days past the episode date if the case is closed.
[SUP]3[/SUP]Public Health Units may publicly report deaths prior to updating the data in iPHIS. The data in iPHIS may therefore be underreported. Deaths among non-laboratory confirmed cases reported are not included. In the event of a discrepancy between the number of deaths in iPHIS and deaths publicly reported by PHUs, data reported by PHUs should be considered the most up to date.
[SUP]4[/SUP]This includes all persons with tests performed by the Public Health Ontario Laboratory and non-Public Health Laboratories. This is an underestimate of the total number of tests completed, as a minimum of two specimens are recommended when testing hospitalized individuals for COVID-19.
[SUP]5[/SUP]Samples with testing in progress.
[SUP]6[/SUP]Data is self-reported by the hospitals to the Ministry of Health and may not match the numbers posted by local public health units. The values represent the total number of patients hospitalized regardless of where in the hospital they are located, including patients hospitalized within the ICU. The hospitals’ midnight census data are reported and are subject to periodic revision by the hospitals. Data shown is as of April 1, 2020.
[SUP]7[/SUP]ICU data include patients in levels 2 and 3 flex, neonatal, pediatric, and adult ICU beds. The reported numbers reflect the previous day’s values.
Note: 19 cases did not specify male or female. The age of three cases were unknown.
- There are 3,255 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario reported to date in iPHIS. This represents an increase of 462 confirmed cases from the previous report.
- 48.5% of cases are male, 50.9% are female.
- 32.1% of cases are 60 years of age and older.
- Greater Toronto Area public health units account for 53.0% of cases.
- Of all cases, 21.7% had travelled in the 14 days prior to becoming ill, 11.7% had close contact with a confirmed case, 16.8% had neither and 49.7% have exposure information pending.
- 11.7% of cases were hospitalized and 67 deaths have been reported (please note there may be a reporting delay for deaths in iPHIS).
- Thirty-two outbreaks have been reported in long-term care homes.
Data Source:
- The data for this report were based on information extracted from the integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) database as of April 2, 2020 at 4:00 p.m.
- iPHIS is a dynamic disease reporting system which allows ongoing updates to data previously entered. As a result, data extracted from iPHIS represent a snapshot at the time of extraction and may differ from previous or subsequent reports.