From risk to resilience: An equity approach to COVID-19 - Chief Public Health Officer of Canada's Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2020

URL

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/corporate/publications/chief-public-health-officer-reports-state-public-health-canada/from-risk-resilience-equity-approach-covid-19.html

Published Date

October 2020

Organization

Public Health Agency of Canada

Key Excerpts

"COVID-19 impacts vary across age

The risk of serious COVID-19 health impacts increases with age. Among all age groups, adults over 60 years of age experience the largest proportion of serious COVID-19 outcomes, accounting for 70% of all hospitalizations, 60% of intensive care unit admissions and 97% of deaths by the end of August. In contrast, children and youth aged 19 years or younger account for only 9% of all cases, 1% of hospitalizations and 0.01% deaths...

Long-term care home residents and workers

At the time of writing this report at the end of August, residents and staff of long-term care (LTC) facilities have been the most affected group, comprising about 15% of all cases and residents alone making up 80% of all COVID-19-related deaths..."

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Topics

aging risk factor,at risk populations,COVID-19,deaths,hospitalizations