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Table 1 Counts for confirmed and suspected COVID-19 hospital admissions between March 1, 2020 and September 21, 2020

From: Development and assessment of a hospital admissions-based syndromic surveillance system for COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada: ACES Pandemic Tracker

Syndrome

Total counts (%)

Median per day (IQR)

Suspected COVID-19

 Suspected COVID-19 admissions (including SOI)

22,075 (100%)

102 (91–124)

 Suspected COVID-19 admissions (excluding SOI)

4457 (20%)

16 (10–30)

 Pneumonia

10,690 (48%)

49 (43–57)

 Influenza-like illness

4629 (21%)

22 (18–26)

 General infection

2299 (10%)

11 (8–14)

Confirmed COVID-19

 Confirmed cases

47,268 (100%)

175 (111–370)

 Confirmed admissions

5047 (11%)

9 (5–37)

  1. Suspected COVID-19 is based on data from ACES Pandemic Tracker, whereas confirmed COVID-19 is based on data from the Ontario Ministry of Health