COVID-19 Community Outbreaks in Ottawa

Summary of COVID-19 community outbreaks in Ottawa based on the most up to date information available in the Ontario Ministry of Health Public Health Case and Contact Management Solution (CCM). <br /><br /> <strong>Accuracy</strong>: Points of consideration for interpretation of the data: <br /><br /> • The data was extracted by Ottawa Public Health from the Ontario Ministry of Health Public Health Case and Contact Management Solution (CCM). The CCM is a dynamic disease reporting system that allows for ongoing updates to data previously entered. The data extracted from The CCM represent a snapshot at the time of extraction and may differ in previous or subsequent reports. <br /><br /> • Data are for confirmed outbreaks and the number Ottawa residents with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 associated to each outbreak is provided. Please note, individuals may be linked to multiple outbreaks. <br /><br /> • All the outbreaks reflect the outbreak definitions at the time they were declared open: <br /><br /> o Community: From April 1st 2020, 2 or more laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases with an epidemiological link in the setting within a 14-day period where at least 2 cases could have reasonably acquired their infection in the setting. Examples of epidemiological links in community settings include community organization (e.g. attended same social or volunteer club meeting), religious/spiritual organization (e.g. attended same service), residential (e.g. multi-unit dwelling - from different households in the same apartment building but rode the elevator together, used a common room at the same time), social event (e.g. attended same one-time party, wedding or funeral together), sports and recreation (e.g. attended same sports team practice or fitness class), or workplace (e.g. same work area, same shift). <br /><br /> • Public health is only required to formally declare outbreaks for workplace community settings but has chosen to declare outbreaks in other community settings when there is more risk to the public, there are challenges in contact tracing and/or capacity allows. Since October 2020, OPH has systematically reported outbreaks in other community settings. Please see the definitions for community outbreaks posted on the OPH COVID-19 Dashboard web page for more information. <br /><br /> <strong>Attributes</strong>: Data fields: <br /><br /> • Outbreak ID <br /><br /> • Setting - text <br /><br /> • Sub-category - text <br /><br /> • Start Date - outbreak start date <br /><br /> • End Date – outbreak end date <br /><br /> • Cases – total number of people with confirmed COVID-19 linked to the outbreak <br /><br /> • Deaths – total number of people with confirmed COVID-19 linked to the outbreak who died <br /><br /> <strong>Update Frequency</strong>: Daily <br /><br /> <strong>Contact</strong>: <a href='mailto:[e-mail]' rel='nofollow ugc'>OPH Epidemiology Team</a>