Situation Report # 173: Covid-19 / Situation Report n o 173: Covid-19

July 16, 2020

Situation:

* Numbers from PHAC current as of 7 pm yesterday / PHAC figures updated at 7 p.m. yesterday

** Ontario current as of 8:00 am today / Ontario figures updated at 8:00 am today

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.) MLTC = Ministry of Long-Term Care; RHRA = Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority; SOLGEN = Ministry of the Solicitor General.

* 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 inventory 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 because of 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.) MSLD = Ministry of Long-Term Care; ORMR = Regulatory Office for Retirement Homes; MSG = Ministry of the Solicitor General.

* 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 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 ,  memoranda and other sector-specific resources .

Update:

• The Ontario government , in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, has extended most emergency orders currently in force under s.7.0.2 (4) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA) until July 29, 2020. Keeping the emergency orders in place provides the government with the necessary flexibility to ensure the protection of vulnerable populations, such as seniors, while continuing to implement its Framework for Reopening the Province with many regions entering Stage 3 on Friday.
• The visitor guideline for Long-Term Care Homes has been updated and is attached. It will be available on the ministry’s website shortly.