August 26, 2020
Situation:
| Case count as of 8:00 am August 26, 2020 / Number of cases at 8:00 am August 26, 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 | 24,092,700 | +255 363 | 824 192 | +6 575 |
| Canada* | 125,969 | +322 | 9,090 | +07 |
| Ontario ** | 41,695 | +88 | 2 802 | +02 |
* 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.
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 | 41,695 | 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 | 37,863 | 2% |
| Cumulative Deaths | Cumulative number of deaths | iPHIS / SIISP | 2 802 | 0% |
| Long-Term Care Home Residents | Number of deaths of long-term care residents | iPHIS / SIISP | 1,805 | 0% |
| Retirement Home Residents | Number of deaths of residents of retirement homes | iPHIS / SIISP | 200 | 5% |
| 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 18 – August 24 2020 / August 18 – August 24, 2020 | August 14 – August 20 2020 / August 14 – August 20, 2020 |
| Ontario | Ontario | PHO / SPO | 1.1 [1 – 1.2] | 1.1 [1 – 1.2] |
| North | North | PHO / SPO | N / A / SO | N / A / SO |
| Eastern | is | PHO / SPO | 1.4 [1.2 – 1.6] | 1 [0.8 – 1.2] |
| Central East | Center-East | PHO / SPO | 1.2 [1 – 1.3] | 1.1 [1 – 1.3] |
| Toronto | Toronto | PHO / SPO | 1.2 [1 – 1.4] | 1.4 [1.2 – 1.6] |
| South West | South West | PHO / SPO | 0.9 [0.7 – 1] | 1 [0.8 – 1.2] |
| Central West | Midwest | PHO / SPO | 0.9 [0.8 – 1.1] | 1.1 [0.9 – 1.3] |
| Testing | Screening | Yesterday / Yesterday | 7-day average / average 7 days | |
| Daily tests completed | Daily screenings performed | NOC / COR | 21 960 | 23,828 |
| % positivity | % positivity | NOC / COR | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| In process tests | Analyzes in progress | NOC / COR | 20,716 | 17,618 |
| 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 | 43 | 2% |
| 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 | 476 | 453 |
| CRCI Vented | COVID + on ventilator | CCSO / SOSMPC | 13 | 13 |
| Active Outbreaks | Active outbreaks | Data Source / Data Source | Yesterday / Yesterday | 7-day average / average 7 days |
| Hospitals | Hospitals | iPHIS / SIISP | 3 | 2 |
| Long-Term Care Homes | CSLD | iPHIS / SIISP | 12 | 11 |
| Retirement Homes | Retirement homes | iPHIS / SIISP | 13 | 12 |
| Group Homes | Group homes | iPHIS / SIISP | 7 | 7 |
| Correctional Facilities | Correctional facilities | iPHIS / SIISP | 1 | 1 |
| Shelters | Refuges | iPHIS / SIISP | 3 | 3 |
| Daycare | Childcare services | iPHIS / SIISP | 4 | 4 |
| Workplace – Farm | Workplaces – Farms | iPHIS / SIISP | 6 | 7 |
| Workplace – Food Processing | Workplaces – Food processing | iPHIS / SIISP | 5 | 5 |
| Workplace – Other | Workplaces – Others | iPHIS / SIISP | 43 | 42 |
| Other Congregate Settings | Other shared accommodation frameworks | iPHIS / SIISP | 1 | 9 |
| Undefined | Undefined | iPHIS / SIISP | 2 | 2 |
Update
- The government has released the Operational Guidance: COVID-19 Management in Schools document to help schools identify and isolate COVID-19 cases, reduce the spread of COVID-19 in schools, and prevent and minimize outbreaks. The public health guidance, COVID-19 Guidance: School Outbreak Management was also released to support medical officers of health and public health unit efforts in investigating cases, outbreaks, and suspected outbreaks in school settings.
