Covid Ontario revised reporting, starting March 30, 2020

March 30, 2020

This daily epidemiologic summary replaces the information on the status of COVID-19 cases that was previously provided twice daily on this page. The new summary provides more provincial and regional data on confirmed cases, demographics and trends of cases since the outbreak began including geography, exposure and severity.

The daily summary is based on data reported by the 34 public health units across Ontario and recorded in the province’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS). iPHIS is the Ministry of Health’s disease reporting system where data is regularly updated. Data for each day’s summary will be pulled from iPHIS at 4:00 p.m. the previous day

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to March 29, 2020
Number of cases (1) 1,706
Change from previous report N/A
Resolved (2) 431, 25.3%
Deceased (3) 23, 1.3%
Demographics
Male 857, 50.2%
Female 837, 49.1%
19 and under 42, 2.5%
20-64 1,319, 77.3%
65 and over 343, 20.1%
Testing
Total Tested (4) 48,461 N/A

(1) Number of confirmed cases reported to date in iPHIS by Ontario’s 34 Public Health Units (PHUs), including resolved and deceased cases. PHUs may publicly report on cases prior to updating the data in iPHIS. In the event of a discrepancy between iPHIS cases and cases publicly reported by PHUs, data reported by PHUs should be considered the most up to date.

(2) Includes cases reported as recovered in iPHIS and cases that are not currently listed as hospitalized in iPHIS, those that are 14 days past symptom onset (if present) or 14 days past the episode date if the case is closed.

(3) Public Health Units may publicly report deaths prior to updating the data in iPHIS. The data in iPHIS may therefore be underreported. This number includes data from iPHIS and public reports.

(4) This includes all persons with tests performed by the Public Health Ontario Laboratory and non-Public Health Laboratories. This is an underestimate of the total number of tests completed, as a minimum of two specimens are recommended when testing hospitalized individuals for COVID-19.

Note: Twelve cases did not specify male or female gender. The age of two cases were unknown.

There are 1,706 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario reported to date in iPHIS. 50.2% of cases are male, 49.1% are female. The median age is 50, ranging in age from <1 to 100 years of age. Greater Toronto Area public health units account for 61.4% of cases. Of all cases, 26.3% had travelled in the 14 days prior to becoming ill, 9.6% had close contact with a confirmed case, 16.2% had neither and 47.9% have exposure information pending. 9.9% of cases were hospitalized and 16 deaths have been reported (please note there may be a reporting delay for deaths in iPHIS).

Data Source:

The data for this report were based on information extracted from the integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) database as of March 29, 2020 at 4:00 p.m.

iPHIS is a dynamic disease reporting system which allows ongoing updates to data previously entered. As a result, data extracted from iPHIS represent a snapshot at the time of extraction and may differ from previous or subsequent reports.

March 31, 2020

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to March 30, 2020\\ Number of cases (1) 1,966
Change from previous report 260 15.2% increase
Resolved 534 27.2%
Deceased 33 1.7%
Male 980 49.8%
Female 974 49.5%
19 and under 46 2.3%
20-64 1,496 76.1%
65 and over 421 21.4%
Testing Total Tested 51,629
Currently Under Investigation 4,280

Note: Twelve cases did not specify male or female gender. The age of three cases were unknown.

There are 1,966 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario reported to date in iPHIS. This represents an increase of 260 confirmed cases from the previous report.
49.8% of cases are male, 49.5% are female.
The median age is 50, ranging in age from <1 to 100 years of age.
Greater Toronto Area public health units account for 59.1% of cases.
Of all cases, 25.7% had travelled in the 14 days prior to becoming ill, 10.2% had close contact with a confirmed case, 16.8% had neither and 47.3% have exposure information pending.
10.9% of cases were hospitalized and 27 deaths have been reported (please note there may be a reporting delay for deaths in iPHIS).

Epidemiologic Summary: COVID-19 in Ontario: January 15, 2020 to March 30, 2020 (PDF)

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to March 31, 2020 Number Percentage Number of cases1 2,392 N/A Change from previous report 426 21.7% increase Resolved2 689 28.8 Deceased3 37 1.5 Demographics Male 1,189 49.7 Female 1,189 49.7 19 and under 55 2.3 20-39 724 30.3 40-59 850 35.5 60-79 608 25.4 80 and over 152 6.4 Testing Total Tested4 57,874 N/A Currently Under Investigation5 3,135 N/A

Note: 14 cases did not specify male or female. The age of three cases were unknown.