Oct 20: #COVID19 in publicly-funded schools. There are AT LEAST:
π« 570 (+19 new) schools with active cases
π« 848 schools that ever had cases (@covidschoolsCA)
π¦ 900 (+94) people with active infections
π 4 (0) active school closures
The top 4 municipalities contribute 396 (69%) of the 570 schools with active cases:
- Toronto: 184 (1 in 4 schools)
- Ottawa: 109 (1 in 3 schools)
- Mississauga: 56 (1 in 4 schools)
- Brampton: 47 (1 in 4 schools)
- 570 (12%) of 4828 all schools have at least one active case
- 392 (10%) of 3931 elementary schools have at least one active case
- 174 (19%) of 897 secondary schools have at least one active case
π¨The 900 (806 yesterday) #COVID19 school-related cases represent 14% of the 6327 ACTIVE cases in Ontario
@covidschoolsCA report the number of private or publicly-funded schools that ever had a case.
We are supplementing the provincial COVID-19 school reports with information from the school boards. So far, we have included data from:
- Toronto DSB
- Peel DSB
- Dufferin-Peel DSB
- York DSB
- Ottawa region will be added soon!
Some information is entered manually which can result in errors. Please let me know if you see any errors, duplicates, or anything out of the ordinary.
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The top 3 public health units reported 603 of today's 841 cases (72%):
- Toronto PH: 335 cases (40%) or 107 cases per million
- Peel PH: 162 cases (19%) or 101 cases per million
- York Region PH: 106 cases (13%) or 86 cases per million
Regional #COVID19 cases in #Ontario:
- 9 of 34 PHUs reported having fewer than 5 cases active cases
- 10 of 34 PHUs reported fewer than 5 new cases in the last 7 days
Oct 21: #COVID19 in publicly-funded schools. There are at least:
- 573 (3 new) schools with 1+ active cases
- 196 schools with 2+ active cases
- 881 schools that ever had cases (@covidschoolsCA)
- 911 (11) people with active infections
The top five municipalities contribute 424 (74%) of the 573 schools with active cases:
- Toronto: 190 (1 in 4 schools)
- Ottawa: 108 (1 in 3 schools)
- Mississauga: 57 (1 in 4 schools)
- Brampton: 47 (1 in 4 schools)
- Hamilton: 22 (1 in 8 schools)
- 573 or 1 in 8 schools have 1+ active cases
- 380 or 1 in 10 elementary schools have 1+ active cases
- 188 or 1 in 4 secondary schools have 1+ active cases
- 196 schools have 2+ and 76 schools have 3+ active cases
October 21: #COVID19 in #Ontario
- Cases: 66,686 (+790 new)
- Deaths: 3062 (+9)
- In hospital: 260 (-14)
- In ICU: 71 (-1)
- On a ventilator: 49 (+4)
- Active cases: 6299 (+62)
- Reproduction rate: 0.97 (Credible interval: 0.86, 1.08)
The top 3 public health units reported 554 of today's 790 cases (70%):
- Toronto PH: 321 cases (41%) or 103 cases per million
- Peel PH: 157 cases (20%) or 98 cases per million
- York Region PH: 76 cases (10%) or 62 cases per million
Regional #COVID19 cases in #Ontario:
- 11 of 34 PHUs reported having fewer than 5 cases active cases
- 10 of 34 PHUs reported fewer than 5 new cases in the last 7 days
The top 3 public health units reported 265 of today's 821 cases (32%):
- Toronto PH: 327 cases (13%) or 105 cases per million
- Peel PH: 136 cases (10%) or 85 cases per million
- Ottawa PH: 79 cases (9%) or 75 cases per million
Regional #COVID19 cases in #Ontario:
- 11 of 34 PHUs reported having fewer than 5 cases active cases
- 11 of 34 PHUs reported fewer than 5 new cases in the last 7 days
I often see comments saying: "let #COVID19 spread widely so we can reach herd immunity".
**To those people**: NEVER, in the history of infectious diseases, has there been a situation where we reached herd immunity through "natural infections". It is NONSENSE.
Epidemiology and public health experts discuss herd immunity in the context of VACCINES (e.g., irradicating smallpox). If we let #COVID19 rip through the population, we would require approximately 70% of people to be infected.
Let me explain why that is problematic:
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Who is at risk of more severe disease or outcomes?
1) Adults 60+ years:
- A quarter (1 in 4 people) of Canada's population is 60 years or older
- More than 95% of 9500 COVID-related deaths are in people 60+ years
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