Update from Grey Bruce Health Unit November 24 2020

Situation Report #252: COVID-19

Grey Bruce Health Unit | Incident Management System                                                                                           Nov. 24, 2020

Current Situation: Ontario Public Health Classification Level Yellow

Stay Calm, Stay Kind, Stay Well

• Follow the 3 Ws and the 2 As – Washing hands frequently, Watching distance (ideally 6ft), and Wear face covering correctly,  Avoid Crowds and

Arrange for outdoor activities instead of indoors whenever possible

   Testing and case counts reported as of 15:30 hrs, Nov. 24, 2020:

• 3 new case(s) reported in past 24 hours in Grey Bruce; Kincardine – 1, Southgate – 2
• 2 preliminary positive case(s) pending confirmation;
  • If confirmed as positive, will be added to totals
  • If confirmed as a false positive, will not be added to the totals
• 1 Indeterminate new case
  • If confirmed as positive, will be added to totals
  • If confirmed as a false positive, will not be added to the totals
• 286 confirmed cases to date (current cumulative total)
• 47 active case(s)
• Active Probable Cases – 4
  • Probable cases are not lab confirmed, but high-risk contacts of an active case, and also symptomatic
• 250 High Risk Contacts associated with active cases.
• 224 recovered cases , 15 cases referred to other health units
• 1 confirmed case(s) currently hospitalized in Grey Bruce  
• 0 death(s)
• 36 cases reported in Health Care Workers working in Grey Bruce

Active Outbreaks:

• 0 Facility(ies) in COVID-19 outbreak. Reported in Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes
• 0 Facility(ies) in COVID-19 outbreak. Reported in Schools
• 0 Facility(ies) in COVID-19 outbreak. Reported in Childcare Centres

Actions Taken In the Past 24 Hours:

• COVID Response Framework (publichealthgreybruce.on.ca)
• Green Level Public Health Measures (new)
• Yellow Level Public Health Measures (new)
• Orange Level Public Health Measures (new)
• Red Level Public Health Measures (new)
• Grey Level Public Health Measures (new)

• Information for Faith and Religious Organizations (updated)
• COVID-19 and Considerations for Travel (updated)

• Public Health has been actively engaged to support schools with ongoing updates and consultation meetings with local Boards and officials from all schools in Grey and Bruce
• GBHU COVID-19 Team continue with case and contact management, reporting, and responding to COVID-19 related calls. Contact tracing exceeds provincial targets with 100% of all cases contacted within 24 hours
• GBHU Team continue to ensure essential public health activities not related to COVID-19

Provincial COVID-19 Data - https://covid-19.ontario.ca/data

• Data at a provincial level specifically captures COVID-19 cases based on the geography that the client was diagnosed/tested

• Local Data as reported in the Grey Bruce Situation Report captures COVID-19 cases that require case management by the Grey Bruce Public Health Unit.  

Manual Human error reported in the Table from November 23, 2020 table.

*Lab Confirmed Cases for Owen Sound total – Corrected from 69 to 68

*Resolved case from Owen Sound was not taken out of Active Confirmed Cases columns – corrected from 3 to 2

*Active Confirmed case was omitted from Grey Highlands on the table – Corrected from 3 to 4

*Total Lab Confirmed Cases for Grey Highlands – corrected from 28 to 29

*Active Probably case total – corrected from 9 to 8. In yesterday’s report.  Many resolved probable cases today reflect the current number.