COVID-19 in Huron and Perth

In addition to confirmed cases listed below, please know that there is local spread of the COVID-19 virus across Huron and Perth as well as the rest of Ontario. We must all act as if we could come into contact with COVID-19 anywhere in our community and as if we could pass COVID-19 on unknowingly.

About the data:

• The data are updated daily and is based on confirmed data received within the last 24 hours.
• The confirmed positive count is a cumulative total, and includes any resolved cases or fatalities. Some cases may be reassigned geographic areas as we receive more information.
• We are aware that there have been some shipment errors between collection and the lab in a very small number of swabs and those tests are not included in these results. 

• HPPH is currently facilitating testing of all residents and staff of long-term care homes in Huron and Perth. This new testing information is not included in the data shown below but will be posted soon.

• This is not a real-time tool but is meant to keep the community informed on trends we are seeing.

COVID Testing Data in Huron and Perth as of May 30, 2020.

 Note: HPPH has also completed 2,840 tests on residents and staff of long-term care homes and 57 tests on staff of emergency child care centres, which are not included in the above testing numbers (except if there is a positive case from in a resident or staff that resides in Huron Perth) as they were a part of point-prevalence surveillance testing.

Notes:

• Four deaths were associated with the outbreak at Greenwood Court.
• Staff members of Huron-Perth long-term care homes who test positive may live in a different jurisdiction and would therefore not be included in the total number of active confirmed cases for Huron-Perth.

 * Definition of a healthcare worker taken from Canadian Immunization Guide Chapter on Influenza and Statement on Seasonal Influenza Vaccine for 2019–2020 and includes any person, paid or unpaid, who provides services, works, volunteers, or trains in a health care setting.

Number of Active Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Huron-Perth on a Given Date

Notes:

• The graph shows the number of people who were sick with COVID-19 in Huron Perth on a particular date.
• This graph does not include anyone who might have been sick with COVID-19 but never tested.
• A confirmed case appears in the graph on the date the person experienced their first symptom. This date (usually) occurs before the person went for a COVID-19 test and before the health unit knows they are a confirmed case. If a person does not have any symptoms, the date they were swabbed is used.
• A confirmed case is removed from the graph on the date the person recovers or passes away from COVID-19.

Cumulative Totals of COVID-19 in Huron-Perth over Time

Notes: 

• For cumulative confirmed cases, this graph uses onset date, the date the person experienced their first symptom. If a person does not have any symptoms, the date they were swabbed is used.
• There might have been people in Huron Perth that have COVID-19 but are not called a confirmed case because they never got tested.

Number of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Huron-Perth by Age 

Number of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Huron-Perth by Gender

Number of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Huron-Perth by Upper Tier Municipality

Number of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Huron-Perth by Lower Tier Municipality

Number of hospitalized COVID-19 cases in Huron-Perth on a given date

 Notes:

• Under direction from the Ministry of Health, HPPH completed a one time-testing of all residents and staff of long-term care homes in Huron-Perth.
• Testing of all long-term care homes was completed by Friday, May 8, 2020; 2,840 testing swabs were completed.
• HPPH is communicating all results to the residents and staff of long-term care homes.
• If there is a confirmed positive result of COVID-19 found in a resident or staff (who resides in Huron Perth) discovered through this point prevalence testing, that case will be reflected in our overall positive case numbers for the community. If there is a confirmed positive result found in a staff that resides in another health unit, that result will not be reported in our overall case numbers but will be reported in the long-term care home confirmed cases table at the top of this page.  
• The number of negative tests and pending tests completed as part of long-term care point prevalence testing will not be reported as part of the community testing data.

Additional COVID-19 data sources:

• Status of cases in Ontario
• Number of COVID-19 Cases in Canada