Situation Report # 153: Covid-19 / Situation Report n o 153: Covid-19

June 26, 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 linked to COVID-19 (a serious illness linked 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 survey 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

Update:

• The latest version of the Quick Reference Public Health Guidance on Testing and Clearance has been uploaded to the ministry’s website .
• The Ontario government announced it is providing up to $ 4 million for the Seniors Community Grant Program. This funding will help non-profit organizations, local services boards, or Indigenous groups develop programs for seniors that focus on combing social isolation, promoting seniors’ safety and well-being, improving financial security and making communities age-friendly.