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 33 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 and from the Toronto Public Health Coronavirus Rapid Entry System (CORES) as of 2:00 p.m. the previous day.
[SUP]1[/SUP]Number of confirmed cases reported to date in iPHIS by Ontario’s 33 Public Health Units (PHUs) and by Toronto Public Health in the Coronavirus Rapid Entry System (CORES), 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 or CORES and cases that are not currently listed as hospitalized in iPHIS or CORES, 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 or CORES. The data in iPHIS or CORES 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 or CORES and deaths publicly reported by PHUs, data reported by PHUs should be considered the most up to date.
[SUP]4[/SUP]Total number of tests completed by the COVID-19 Clinical Lab network (including PHO, hospital and community laboratories). This number represents total tests and not persons tested.
[SUP]5[/SUP]The numbers reflect volumes processed during the 24-hour period from 12:00 a.m. – 11:59 p.m. the previous day.
[SUP]6[/SUP]Samples with testing in progress.
[SUP]7[/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 21, 2020.
[SUP]8[/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. As patients begin to be transferred between units (eg; from lower level of care to a higher level of care), it has become apparent that the previous methods of identifying patients based on a 24-hour time period would count patients transferred between different locations twice; once in each location they were at during the course of the day. In order to eliminate this issue, patients will no longer be counted over a 24 hour period, but will be counted at a single point in time (11:59 pm) to ensure that each person is only counted once.
[SUP]9[/SUP]MLTC data is as of 3:30pm, April 22 and the iPHIS data from 4pm April 22.
[SUP]10[/SUP]Reports fewer than five are indicated with <5 to maintain the privacy of individuals.
[SUP]11[/SUP]Data is self-reported by the long-term care homes (the homes) to the Ministry of Long-Term Care (MLTC). Daily case and death figures may not immediately match the numbers posted by the local public health units (i.e. iPHIS database) due to lags in reporting time.
[SUP]12[/SUP]The iPHIS data includes all outbreak-related cases and deaths reported in aggregate outbreak summary counts, regardless of whether the case was laboratory confirmed. Deaths among non-laboratory confirmed cases reported are not included in the cumulative Ontario deaths reported.
Note: 129 cases did not specify male or female. Eleven cases had an unknown age.
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 33 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 and from the Toronto Public Health Coronavirus Rapid Entry System (CORES) as of 2:00 p.m. the previous day.
| Number of cases[SUP]1[/SUP] | 12,879 | N/A |
| Change from previous report | 634 | 5.2% increase |
| Resolved[SUP]2[/SUP] | 6,680 | 51.9 |
| Deceased[SUP]3[/SUP] | 713 | 5.5 |
| Male | 5,408 | 42.0 |
| Female | 7,342 | 57.0 |
| 19 and under | 284 | 2.2 |
| 20-39 | 2,914 | 22.6 |
| 40-59 | 3,945 | 30.6 |
| 60-79 | 2,909 | 22.6 |
| 80 and over | 2,816 | 21.9 |
| Total tests completed[SUP]4[/SUP] | 194,745 | N/A |
| Total tests completed in the previous day[SUP]5[/SUP] | 10,214 | N/A |
| Currently under investigation[SUP]6[/SUP] | 6,757 | N/A |
| Number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19[SUP]7[/SUP] | 887 | N/A |
| Number of patients in ICU[SUP]8[/SUP] with COVID-19 | 233 | N/A |
| Number of patients in ICU[SUP]8[/SUP] on a ventilator with COVID-19 | 185 | N/A |
| Outbreaks in LTC Homes | 132 | 135 |
| Confirmed Cases for LTC Residents | 2,189 | 1,933 |
| Confirmed Cases for LTC Staff | 1,058 | 889 |
| Total confirmed LTC resident deaths | 516 | 358 |
| Total confirmed LTC staff deaths | <5 | <5 |
[SUP]2[/SUP]Includes cases reported as recovered in iPHIS or CORES and cases that are not currently listed as hospitalized in iPHIS or CORES, 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 or CORES. The data in iPHIS or CORES 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 or CORES and deaths publicly reported by PHUs, data reported by PHUs should be considered the most up to date.
[SUP]4[/SUP]Total number of tests completed by the COVID-19 Clinical Lab network (including PHO, hospital and community laboratories). This number represents total tests and not persons tested.
[SUP]5[/SUP]The numbers reflect volumes processed during the 24-hour period from 12:00 a.m. – 11:59 p.m. the previous day.
[SUP]6[/SUP]Samples with testing in progress.
[SUP]7[/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 21, 2020.
[SUP]8[/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. As patients begin to be transferred between units (eg; from lower level of care to a higher level of care), it has become apparent that the previous methods of identifying patients based on a 24-hour time period would count patients transferred between different locations twice; once in each location they were at during the course of the day. In order to eliminate this issue, patients will no longer be counted over a 24 hour period, but will be counted at a single point in time (11:59 pm) to ensure that each person is only counted once.
[SUP]9[/SUP]MLTC data is as of 3:30pm, April 22 and the iPHIS data from 4pm April 22.
[SUP]10[/SUP]Reports fewer than five are indicated with <5 to maintain the privacy of individuals.
[SUP]11[/SUP]Data is self-reported by the long-term care homes (the homes) to the Ministry of Long-Term Care (MLTC). Daily case and death figures may not immediately match the numbers posted by the local public health units (i.e. iPHIS database) due to lags in reporting time.
[SUP]12[/SUP]The iPHIS data includes all outbreak-related cases and deaths reported in aggregate outbreak summary counts, regardless of whether the case was laboratory confirmed. Deaths among non-laboratory confirmed cases reported are not included in the cumulative Ontario deaths reported.
Note: 129 cases did not specify male or female. Eleven cases had an unknown age.
- There are 12,879 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario reported to date in iPHIS. This represents an increase of 634 confirmed cases from the previous report.
- 42.0% of cases are male, 57.0% are female.
- 44.5% of cases are 60 years of age and older.
- Greater Toronto Area public health units account for 59.6% of cases.
- 11.7% of cases were hospitalized.
- 713 deaths have been reported (please note there may be a reporting delay for deaths in iPHIS). This is an increase of 54 deaths from the previous report.
- 135 outbreaks have been reported in long-term care homes. This is an increase of 10 outbreaks from the previous report.
- 358 deaths have been reported among residents/patients in long-term care homes. This is an increase of 63 deaths from the previous report.
Data Source:
- The data for this report were based on information extracted from the Ontario Ministry of Health (MOH) integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) database, as of April 22, 2020 at 4 p.m. and data extracted from the Toronto Public Health (Coronavirus Rapid Entry System) CORES, as of April 22, 2020 at 2 p.m.
- iPHIS and CORES are dynamic disease reporting systems, which allows ongoing updates to data previously entered. As a result, data extracted from iPHIS and CORES represent a snapshot at the time of extraction and may differ from previous or subsequent reports.