What is the definition of a 'patient' in this case? Someone hospitalized and on a respirator? Someone in a hospital bed? Someone diagnosed and sent home after 10 minutes?
Without that context, the stat is less than meaningless.
It's a virus, so it doesn't discriminate against who it infects. I'd expect the infection stats would mimic the population as a whole, so if there are more people under 60 in the population, there would be more people under 60 infected.
Phil Tsekouras
Multi-Platform Writer, CTV News Toronto
Published Tuesday, April 14, 2020 10:27AM EDT
Last Updated Tuesday, April 14, 2020 10:13PM EDT
Meanwhile, as the number of those hospitalized for COVID-19 has increased by nine patients since Monday, there is a decrease in the number of those being treated in an intensive care unit.
There are currently 769 patients in hospital, 255 of which are in the ICU, down from 263 reported a day earlier. The number of those requiring a ventilator is also down to 199, from 203 on Monday.
So far, 12.5 per cent of all the cases reported have been hospitalized at one point.
Health officials also say that 857 of all reported cases are health care workers.
In terms of testing, the data shows that the province completed 4,852 COVID-19 tests in the last 24 hours. The province had previously said that it hopes to raise its daily output of tests to about 8,000 by April 15.
Since the outbreak began in late-January, the province has conducted 113,082 tests. As it stands, there are 2,107 cases under investigation.
The exposure information for almost half (45.4 per cent) of the cases reported is listed as pending, though Ontario health officials believe that 1,883 cases were the result of community transmission.
Another 1,306 cases developed through close contact with a confirmed case, 1,151 other cases came from traveling in the 14 days prior to becoming ill.
The province says that public health units in the Greater Toronto Area account for the majority of all cases at 54.4 per cent.
Quick facts on all COVID-19 patients in Ontario:
55.2 per cent of all patients in the province are female and 44.1 per cent are male – 49 cases did not specify male or female gender
2.3 per cent of all patients are 19 years of age or younger
24 per cent of all patients are between the ages of 20 and 39
33.6 per cent of all patients are between the ages of 40 and 59
23.8 per cent of all patients are between the ages of 60 and 79
16.2 per cent of all patients are 80 years of age or older