Ontario COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes by Public Health Unit

Ontario's daily snapshots of COVID-19 testing data, reported by Public Health Unit. The dataset includes case outcomes such as active cases, resolutions, and deaths, with a final update scheduled for December 1, 2022. It is published by the Government of Ontario and includes notes on methodological changes to death counting.

Use Cases

• Track daily COVID-19 case trends based on reporting date and Public Health Unit.
• Analyze case outcome distributions (active, resolved, deaths) across different health regions.
• Study the impact of methodological changes on reported death counts based on the archived columns.

Strengths

• Includes daily temporal granularity for tracking case evolution.
• Contains data on methodological changes with specific archived columns for historical comparison.
• Sourced directly from the Government of Ontario's official reporting.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data collection ended with a final update on December 1, 2022.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario

Collection Method

Compiled from daily snapshots of publicly reported COVID-19 testing data.

Time Range

Covers the period up to December 1, 2022.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 12:01:01.534208; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ontario, Canada, broken down by Public Health Unit (PHU).