August 21, 2020
Situation:
| Case count as of 8:00 am August 21, 2020 / Number of cases at 8:00 am August 21, 2020 | ||||
| Area / Region | Case count / Number of cases | Change from yesterday / Change from yesterday | Deaths / Deaths | Change from yesterday / Change from yesterday |
| Worldwide total / Total worldwide | 22 891 672 | +280 341 | 797 669 | +5 993 |
| Canada* | 123 873 | +383 | 9,054 | +05 |
| Ontario ** | 41 179 | +131 *** | 2,796 | +03 |
* Numbers from PHAC current as of 7 pm yesterday / Chiffres de l’ASPC Ă jour Ă 19h hier
** Ontario current as of 8:00 am today / Ontario figures updated at 8:00 am today.
*** Due to a data loading error yesterday Impacting 11 public health units, today’s case count is an overestimation of the provincial case count / Due to an error in loading data yesterday which affected 11 public health units, the number number of cases recorded today is an overestimate of the provincial number of cases.
Ontario:
| Confirmed Cases | Confirmed cases | Data Source / Data Source | Yesterday / Yesterday | 7-day% change / % change over 7 days |
| Cumulative Cases | Cumulative number of cases | iPHIS / SIISP | 41 179 | 2% |
| Health Sector Worker Cases | Number of cases among workers in the health sector | iPHIS / SIISP | 6,619 | 1% |
| Cumulative Resolved | Cumulative number of resolved cases | iPHIS / SIISP | 37,397 | 2% |
| Cumulative Deaths | Cumulative number of deaths | iPHIS / SIISP | 2,796 | 0% |
| Long-Term Care Home Residents | Number of deaths of long-term care residents | iPHIS / SIISP | 1,804 | 0% |
| Retirement Home Residents | Number of deaths of residents of retirement homes | iPHIS / SIISP | 193 | 1% |
| Health Sector Workers | Number of deaths of health workers | iPHIS / SIISP | 12 | 0% |
| Effective Reproduction Number (Rt) ** and Confidence Interval | Effective reproduction rate (Re) ** and confidence interval | Data Source / Data Source | August 14 – August 20 2020 / August 14 – August 20, 2020 | August 11 – August 17 2020 / August 11 – August 17, 2020 |
| Ontario | Ontario | PHO / SPO | 1.1 [1 – 1.2] *** | 1 [1 – 1.1] |
| North | North | PHO / SPO | N / A / SO *** | N / A / SO |
| Eastern | is | PHO / SPO | 1 [0.8 – 1.2] | 0.9 [0.7 – 1.1] |
| Central East | Center-East | PHO / SPO | 1.1 [1 – 1.3] *** | 1.2 [1 – 1.3] |
| Toronto | Toronto | PHO / SPO | 1.4 [1.2 – 1.6] | 0.8 [0.8 – 1.2] |
| South West | South West | PHO / SPO | 1 [0.8 – 1.2] *** | 1 [0.8 – 1.1] |
| Central West | Midwest | PHO / SPO | 1.1 [0.9 – 1.3] *** | 1.1 [0.9 – 1.3] |
| Testing | Screening | Yesterday / Yesterday | 7-day average / average 7 days | |
| Daily tests completed | Daily screenings performed | NOC / COR | 28,073 | 26,074 |
| % positivity | % positivity | NOC / COR | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| In process tests | Analyzes in progress | NOC / COR | 19 941 | 21,205 |
| Acute Care | Acute care | Data Source / Data Source | Yesterday / Yesterday | 7-day% change / % change over 7 days |
| Confirmed hospitalized patients | Confirmed hospitalized cases | dBCS / RqL | 35 | -15% |
| Cumulative hospitalized health sector workers | Cumulative number of hospitalized health workers | iPHIS / SIISP | 237 | 0% |
| Cumulative health sector workers in ICU | Cumulative number of critical care health workers | iPHIS / SIISP | 59 | 4% |
| 7-day average / average 7 days | ||||
| Current vented patients (includes COVID +) | Patients currently connected to a ventilator (includes COVID +) | CCSO / SOSMPC | 472 | 468 |
| CRCI Vented | COVID + on ventilator | CCSO / SOSMPC | 14 | 16 |
| Active Outbreaks | Active outbreaks | Data Source / Data Source | Yesterday / Yesterday | 7-day average / average 7 days |
| Hospitals | Hospitals | iPHIS / SIISP | 2 | 2 |
| Long-Term Care Homes | CSLD | iPHIS / SIISP | 10 | 15 |
| Retirement Homes | Retirement homes | iPHIS / SIISP | 12 | 13 |
| Group Homes | Group homes | iPHIS / SIISP | 7 | 6 |
| Correctional Facilities | Correctional facilities | iPHIS / SIISP | 1 | 1 |
| Shelters | Refuges | iPHIS / SIISP | 3 | 3 |
| Daycare | Childcare services | iPHIS / SIISP | 3 | 2 |
| Workplace – Farm | Workplaces – Farms | iPHIS / SIISP | 7 | 8 |
| Workplace – Food Processing | Workplaces – Food processing | iPHIS / SIISP | 5 | 4 |
| Workplace – Other | Workplaces – Others | iPHIS / SIISP | 42 | 42 |
| Other Congregate Settings | Other shared accommodation frameworks | iPHIS / SIISP | 11 | 8 |
| Undefined | Undefined | iPHIS / SIISP | 2 | 2 |
Update:
- The guidance document on COVID-19 Advice for Religious Services, Rites or Ceremonies has been updated and is attached. It will be available shortly on the ministry’s website .
