October 8, 2020
Situation:
| Case count as of 10:00 am October 8, 2020 / Number of cases at 10:00 am October 8 , 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 | 36 470 727 | + 306 396 | 1,061,777 | + 5,290 |
| Canada* | 173 123 | + 317 | 9 541 | + 3 |
| Ontario ** | 56,742 | + 797 | 2 992 | + 4 |
* 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 | CCM / SPGCC | 56,742 | 11% |
| Health Sector Worker Cases | Number of cases among workers in the health sector | CCM / SPGCC | 7,018 | 3% |
| Cumulative Resolved | Cumulative number of resolved cases | CCM / SPGCC | 48,308 | 11% |
| Cumulative Deaths | Cumulative number of deaths | CCM / SPGCC | 2 992 | 5% |
| Long-Term Care Home Residents | Number of deaths of long-term care residents | CCM / SPGCC | 1 954 | 7% |
| Retirement Home Residents | Number of deaths of residents of retirement homes | CCM / SPGCC | 206 | 0% |
| Health Sector Workers | Number of deaths of health workers | CCM / SPGCC | 12 | 0% |
| Effective Reproduction Number (Rt) ** and Confidence Interval | Effective reproduction rate (Re) ** and confidence interval | Data Source / Data Source | October 2 – October 8, 2020 / October 2 – October 8, 2020 | September 25 – October 1, 2020 / September 25 – October 1, 2020 |
| Ontario | Ontario | PHO / SPO | 1 [1 – 1.1] | 1.2 [1.2 – 1.3] |
| North | North | PHO / SPO | 1 [0.6 – 1.5] | 1.4 [0.8 – 2.1] |
| Eastern | East | PHO / SPO | 1.2 [1.1 – 1.3] | 1.1 [1 – 1.2] |
| Central East | Center-East | PHO / SPO | 1 [1 – 1.1] | 1.2 [1.1 – 1.3] |
| Toronto | Toronto | PHO / SPO | 1 [0.9 – 1] | 1.4 [1.3 – 1.5] |
| South West | South West | PHO / SPO | 1.1 [0.9 – 1.3] | 1.1 [0.9 – 1.4] |
| Central West | Midwest | PHO / SPO | 1.2 [1.1 – 1.3] | 1 [0.9 – 1.2] |
| Testing | Screening | Yesterday / Yesterday | 7-day average / average 7 days | |
| Daily tests completed | Daily screenings performed | NOC / COR | 48,488 | 42,571 |
| % positivity | % positivity | NOC / COR | 2.1% | 1.7% |
| In process tests | Analyzes in progress | NOC / COR | 58 118 | 71 115 |
| 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 | 206 | 50% |
| Cumulative hospitalized health sector workers | Cumulative number of hospitalized health workers | CCM / SPGCC | 243 | 0% |
| Cumulative health sector workers in ICU | Cumulative number of critical care health workers | CCM / SPGCC | 60 | 0% |
| 7-day average / average of 7 days | ||||
| Current vented patients (includes COVID +) | Patients currently connected to a ventilator (includes COVID +) | CCSO / SOSMPC | 536 | 500 |
| CRCI Vented | COVID + on ventilator | CCSO / SOSMPC | 32 | 26 |
| Active Outbreaks | Active outbreaks | Data Source / Data Source | Yesterday / Yesterday | 7-day average / average 7 days |
| Hospitals | Hospitals | CCM / SPGCC | 8 | 7 |
| Long-Term Care Homes | CSLD | CCM / SPGCC | 49 | 43 |
| Retirement Homes | Retirement homes | CCM / SPGCC | 40 | 35 |
| Group Homes | Group homes | CCM / SPGCC | 18 | 16 |
| Correctional Facilities | Correctional facilities | CCM / SPGCC | 1 | 1 |
| Shelters | Refuges | CCM / SPGCC | 7 | 6 |
| Daycare | Childcare services | CCM / SPGCC | 27 | 26 |
| Workplace – Farm | Workplaces – Farms | CCM / SPGCC | 3 | 3 |
| Workplace – Food Processing | Workplaces – Food processing | CCM / SPGCC | 10 | 10 |
| Workplace – Other | Workplaces – Others | CCM / SPGCC | 97 | 94 |
| Other Congregate Settings | Other shared accommodation frameworks | CCM / SPGCC | 69 | 58 |
| Undefined | Not defined | CCM / SPGCC | 7 | 9 |
| Schools – Elementary | Primary schools | CCM / SPGCC | 27 | 20 |
| Schools – Secondary | Secondary schools | CCM / SPGCC | 6 | 4 |
| Schools – Elementary / Secondary | Primary / secondary schools | CCM / SPGCC | 1 | 1 |
Update
- The Pan-Canadian COVID-19 Testing and Screening Guidance: Technical guidance and implementation plan is available on the Government of Canada website.
