Situation Report # 145: Covid-19

June 18, 2020

Situation:

Ontario:

iPHIS = integrated Public Health Information System; PHO = Public Health Ontario; NOC = COVID19 Provincial Diagnostic Network Operations Center; CCSO = Critical Care Services Ontario; dBCS = Daily Bed Census; CRCI = COVID-Related Critical Illness (COVID-Related Critical Illness (CRCI) is defined as: Admission to the ICU because of a clinical syndrome consistent with COVID AND the patient has had a positive test that is consistent with acute COVID illness. COVID + is a sub-set of CRCI patients whose last COVID test was positive.)

* Mode of acquisition is identified following the public health investigation and may not be available at the time the case is reported. Reported numbers should not be interpreted as mode of acquisition for the previous day’s case count. The mode of acquisition is updated twice per week.

** Effective reproduction number (Rt) is updated twice weekly and not daily. Rt is not calculated for PHU Regions with case counts <12 over the reporting period.

SIISP = Integrated Public Health Information System; OPH = Public Health Ontario; COR = COVID-19 Provincial Diagnostic Network Operations Center; SOSMPC = Ontario Critical Care Services; RqL = Daily census of beds; MGLC = serious illness related to COVID-19 (a serious illness related to COVID-19 means a disease leading to admission to intensive care due to a clinical syndrome corresponding to COVID-19 AND the result screening is consistent with an active COVID-19. COVID + is a secondary series of patients whose last screening for COVID was positive.)

* The acquisition method is determined following a public health investigation and may not be available when the case is declared. The figures declared should not be interpreted as those corresponding to the method of acquiring the number of cases from the previous day.

** The effective reproduction rate (Re) is updated twice a week and not daily. Re is not calculated for the regions served by BSPs recording <12 cases during the period covered by the report.

Data are provided in English format / The format of the figures is the Anglo-Saxon format

• For more information about cases and deaths in Ontario over the course of this pandemic ,  and for breakdowns by region ,  age ,  and sex ,  please view the Ontario COVID-19 Data Tool by Public Health Ontario.
• Please visit the ministry website for sector-specific guidance and directives ,  memorandums and other resources .

• For more information on cases and deaths in Ontario during this pandemic ,  and for regional ,  age and gender breakdowns ,  see the Ontario COVID-19 Data Tool published by Public Health Ontario .
• Consult the Department’s website for the guidance document as well as directives ,  memos and other sector-specific resources .

Update:

• As the province safely and gradually reopens, the Ontario government is enhancing case and contact management to quickly test, trace and isolate cases of COVID-19 to stop the spread of the virus and prepare for any potential future waves. These additional measures include a comprehensive case and contact management strategy, Protecting Ontarians through Enhanced Case and Contact Management, and, in partnership with the federal government, a new made-in-Ontario national app called COVID Alert.

Update :

• As the province restarts gradually and safely, the Ontario government is improving case and contact management so it can quickly identify, test and isolate people exposed to COVID-19, prepare for any new pandemic wave and stem the spread of the virus. New measures in place include a comprehensive case and contact management strategy called Protecting Ontarians through Improved Case and Contact Management, as well as a national tracking application called COVID Alert, designed in Ontario with the support of the federal government.