March 18, 2021
Situation:
| Case count as of March 18, 2021 / Number of cases on March 18, 2021 | ||||
| Area / Region | Area / Region | Change from yesterday | Deaths / Deaths | Change from yesterday |
| Canada* | 919 239 | + 3 371 | 22,554 | + 35 |
| Ontario ** | 323,509 | +1 553 | 7,202 | + 15 |
* Numbers from CHAP current as of 7 pm yesterday / Figures PHAC update at 19h yesterday.
** Ontario current as of 3 pm yesterday / Ontario figures updated at 3pm yesterday.
Ontario:
| Vaccination* | Vaccination | Total (cumulative) / Total (cumulative) | ||
| Cumulative vaccine doses administered | Total number of vaccine doses administered | 1,408,327 | ||
| * Total counts as of 4 pm today. | ||||
| 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 | 323,509 | 3% |
| Health Sector Worker Cases | Number of cases among health workers | CCM / SPGCC | 19 941 | 1% |
| Cumulative Resolved | Cumulative number of resolved cases | CCM / SPGCC | 303,493 | 3% |
| Cumulative Deaths | Cumulative number of deaths | CCM / SPGCC | 7,202 | 1% |
| Long-Term Care Home Residents | Number of deaths of residents of long-term care facilities | Ontario.ca: Status of COVID-19 cases in LTCH | Ontario.ca: Status of COVID-19 cases in LTCH | |
| Retirement Home Residents | Number of deaths of residents of retirement homes | RHRA Dashboard | ORMR Dashboard | |
| Health Sector Worker | Number of deaths of health workers | CCM / SPGCC | 16 | 0% |
| Effective Reproduction Number (Rt) * and Confidence Interval | Effective reproduction rate (Re) * and confidence interval | Data Source / Data Source | March 10, 2021 – March 16, 2021 / March 10, 2021 – March 16, 2021 | March 5, 2021 – March 11, 2021 / March 5, 2021 – March 11, 2021 |
| Ontario | Ontario | PHO / SPO | 1.14 [1.12 – 1.16] | 1.01 [0.99 – 1.04] |
| North | North | PHO / SPO | 1.20 [1.11 – 1.30] | 1.15 [1.05 – 1.26] |
| Eastern | Is | PHO / SPO | 1.03 [0.95 – 1.12] | 1.12 [1.03 – 1.22] |
| Central East | Center-East | PHO / SPO | 1.14 [1.10 – 1.18] | 0.98 [0.94 – 1.01] |
| Toronto | Toronto | PHO / SPO | 1.21 [1.16 – 1.25] | 0.94 [0.90 – 0.98] |
| South West | South West | PHO / SPO | 1.16 [1.07 – 1.26] | 1.07 [0.98 – 1.17] |
| Central West | Midwest | PHO / SPO | 1.04 [0.98 – 1.09] | 1.13 [1.08 – 1.20] |
| Testing | Screening | Yesterday / Yesterday | 7-day average / average 7 days | |
| Daily tests completed | Daily screenings performed | NOC / COR | 58,560 | 48,693 |
| % positivity | % positivity | NOC / COR | 3.1% | 3.3% |
| In process tests | Analyzes in progress | NOC / COR | 32 330 | 27 275 |
| 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 | 730 | 7% |
| Cumulative hospitalized health sector workers | Cumulative number of hospitalized health workers | CCM / SPGCC | 381 | 1% |
| Cumulative health sector workers in ICU | Cumulative number of critical care health workers | CCM / SPGCC | 82 | 0% |
| 7-day average / average 7 days | ||||
| Current vented patients (includes COVID +) | Patients currently connected to a ventilator (includes COVID +) | CCSO / SOSMPC | 678 | 670 |
| CRCI Vented | COVID + on ventilator | CCSO / SOSMPC | 204 | 202 |
| Active Outbreaks | Active outbreaks | Data Source / Data Source | Yesterday / Yesterday | 7-day average / average 7 days |
| Congregate Care / Collective housing | ||||
| LTCH | FLSD | CCM / SPGCC | 65 | 73 |
| HR | MR | CCM / SPGCC | 40 | 49 |
| Hospital | Hospital | CCM / SPGCC | 32 | 26 |
| Congregate Living / Collective accommodation | ||||
| Group Homes / Supportive Housing | Group homes / housing with support services | CCM / SPGCC | 31 | 35 |
| Shelter | Refuge | CCM / SPGCC | 31 | 32 |
| Correctional Facilities | Correctional institutions | CCM / SPGCC | 9 | 9 |
| Short-term Accommodation | Temporary accommodation | CCM / SPGCC | 3 | 3 |
| Other congregate | Other collective accommodation | CCM / SPGCC | 12 | 9 |
| Education / Education | ||||
| Childcare | Child care | CCM / SPGCC | 44 | 40 |
| Elementary school | Elementary School | CCM / SPGCC | 84 | 79 |
| Secondary school | Secondary school | CCM / SPGCC | 15 | 14 |
| Elementary / Secondary school | Elementary / secondary school | CCM / SPGCC | 1 | 1 |
| Post-Secondary | Post-secondary | CCM / SPGCC | 3 | 2 |
| Workplaces / Workplace | ||||
| Farm | Agricultural exploitation | CCM / SPGCC | 17 | 17 |
| Food Processing | Food processing | CCM / SPGCC | 7 | 6 |
| Retail | Retail | CCM / SPGCC | 24 | 20 |
| Medical / Health Service | Medical / health service | CCM / SPGCC | 8 | 5 |
| Other Workplace | Other place of work | CCM / SPGCC | 98 | 98 |
| Recreational / Leisure | ||||
| Bar / Restaurant / Nightclub | Bar / restaurant / nightclub | CCM / SPGCC | 10 | 11 |
| Recreational Fitness | Recreational fitness activities | CCM / SPGCC | 5 | 6 |
| Personal Service Setting | Personal service establishment | CCM / SPGCC | 2 | 3 |
| Other recreational setting | Other leisure establishment | CCM / SPGCC | 14 | 14 |
| Other / Other | ||||
| Other | Other | CCM / SPGCC | 2 | 4 |
| Undefined | Indefinite | CCM / SPGCC | 6 | 7 |
Update
- Ottawa Public Health Region Moving to Red-Control Level of COVID-19 Response Framework . In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Ontario Government is moving the Ottawa Public Health region to the Red-Control level in the Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework. The decision was made at the request of the local medical officer of health due to the concerning trends in public health indicators in the region.
- The Guidance for Prioritizing Health Care Workers for COVID-19 Vaccination has been updated and is available on the Ministry’s website.
