COVID19 Institutional Outbreaks Ottawa

<p><strong>Date created:</strong> Data effective February 2020. Uploaded to Open Data on September 22, 2020.<br /><strong>Update frequency: </strong>Daily<br /><strong>Accuracy:</strong> Points of consideration for interpretation of the data:<br />&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Data are for confirmed outbreaks and the number of staff, living in Ottawa, and residents/patients/students with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 associated to each outbreak is provided. Please note, individuals may be linked to multiple outbreaks.&nbsp;</li><li>All the outbreaks reflect the outbreak definitions at the time they were declared open:<br />&nbsp;<ul><li>Healthcare Institutions: From April 1st 2020, 1 staff or resident case of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 is considered an outbreak in long-term care homes (LTCH), retirement homes (RH) and other healthcare institutions (e.g. group home, assisted living, group shelter) and declared facility wide. &nbsp;Starting May 10th 2020, 2 staff or patient cases of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 within a specified hospital unit within a 14-day period where both cases could have reasonably acquired their infection in hospital is considered an outbreak in a public hospital.&nbsp;</li><li>Childcare &amp; Education: Starting July 2020, 1 child or staff (or household member) case of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 is considered an outbreak in a childcare establishment. Starting August 26 2020, 2 student or staff (or visitor) cases of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 within a specified class within a 14-day period where at least one case could have reasonably acquired their infection at school (including transportation and before/after school care) is considered an outbreak in an educational establishment.<br />&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Attributes - Data fields:</strong><br />&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Facility Name – text</li><li>Type of Facility - text</li><li>Location in Facility – text</li><li>Reported Date – date the COVID-19 outbreak was opened</li><li>End Date - date the COVID-19 outbreak was closed</li><li>Resident/Patient/Child/Student Cases – number of residents, patients, children, or students with confirmed COVID-19</li><li>Resident/Patient/Child/Student Cases – number of residents, patients, children, or students with confirmed COVID-19 who died</li><li>Staff Cases – number of staff with confirmed COVID-19</li><li>Staff Deaths – number of staff with confirmed COVID-19 who died</li><li>Total Cases – total number of people with confirmed COVID-19&nbsp;</li><li>Total Deaths – total number of people with confirmed COVID-19 who died<br />&nbsp;</li></ul><p><strong>Author:</strong> OPH Epidemiology Team<br /><strong>Author email:</strong> <a href='mailto:[e-mail]' rel='nofollow ugc'>[e-mail]</a><br /><strong>Maintainer Organization:</strong> Epidemiology &amp; Evidence, Ottawa Public Health</p>