Table 1.
COVID-19 Statistics on Date of Survey Completion (April 26 – May 9, 2020) Based on City/Centre/Zone.
| City/Centre/Zone | Population a | COVID+ cases |
# COVID+ patients admittede |
# MH beds allocated for exclusively COVID+ patients |
# COVID SUSPECT patients admittede |
# MH beds allocated for exclusively COVID-suspect patients |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult | Peds | Medical Units | MH Units | Adult (Total MH Beds) |
Peds | MH Units | Adult | Peds | |||||
| Calgary | 1,498,778 | 2117 (all of Alberta) | 1 | 1 | NA (200) | NA | 0 | 8 | None | ||||
| Edmonton | 932,546 | 476 | 14 | 0 | Adult: 20+ (268) Geri: 10 (142) |
4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | ||||
| Ponoka (Central Zone) |
461,553 | 90 | 15 | NA | 0 | 0–30 c (150) | 6 | 5 | 8–35 | 8 | |||
| Winnipeg | 705,244 | 267 b | 15 | 7 | 0 | 13 (220) | 0 | 5 | 19 | 5 | |||
| Whitby | 128,377 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (326) | ⁎ | 0 | 12 | 12 | |||
| Toronto | 2,731,571 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 (220) d | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||
| St. John's | 108,860 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 combined positive & suspect beds (153) |
0 | 1 | 8 combined positive and suspect beds | 0 | |||
| Sherbrooke | 161,323 | 835 | 83 | 50 | 0 | 9 (126) | NA | 3 | 11 | NA | |||
| Saskatoon | 246,376 | 11 total f | 3 | 0 | 6 (56) | 0 | Not applicable | All newly admitted patients are treated as COVID suspect | |||||
| Halifax | 403,131 | 724 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 (200) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
NA = Not available.
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Whitby allocated a specific ward for managing COVID-positive pediatric mental health patients; it is unclear how many beds were available on this unit.
a
Population data derived from Statistics Canada most recent census (2016).
b
Manitoba active cases.
c
Range of beds represents available capacity in the event they were required.
d
This does not represent all Toronto mental health beds, but rather a segment of the Toronto area.
e
Number of COVID+ or suspect patients admitted at the time of the survey.
f
Breakdown by age unknown.