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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Case-Based Reporting

Definition

Global Surveillance for human infection with coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The objectives of this global surveillance are:

  1. to monitor trends of the disease where human to human transmission occurs;
  2. rapidly detect new cases in countries where the virus is not circulating;
  3. provide epidemiological information to conduct risk assessments at the national, regional and global level; and
  4. provide epidemiological information to guide preparedness and response measure

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/surveillance-and-case-definitions

Disclaimer:

  • This Data Set Specification and it elements are based of definitions from the World Health Organisation. This metadata is recorded here to assist with discovery and interpretation of definitions for research and demonstration purposes only. For official definitions and data, see the References section below.

Metadata items in this Data Set Specification

Below is a list of all the components within this Dataset Specification.
Each entry includes the item name, whether the item is optional, mandatory or conditional and the maximum times the item can occur in a dataset.
If the items must occur in a particular order in the dataset, the sequence number is included before the item name.

Data Elements
Reference Data Element Data Type Length Inclusion #
report_date Recordable Notifiable Disease Activity: Report Receipt Date, YYYY-MM-DD Date/Time 8 conditional 1
report_country Recordable Notifiable Disease Activity: Reporting Country, Name X(100) String 100 conditional 1
report_test_reason Recordable Notifiable Disease Activity: Reason for COVID-19 Test, Code X Number 1 conditional 1
patinfo_ID Patient: Identifier, N(16) Number 16 conditional 1
patinfo_ageonset Patient: Age, Total years NNN Number 3 conditional 1
patinfo_ageonset Patient: Age, Total Months NN
Conditional Inclusion:

To be populated if the person is less than 1 year old.

 Number 2 conditional 1
patinfo_ageonset Patient: Age, Total Days NNN
Conditional Inclusion:

To be populated if the person is less than 1 month old.

 Number 3 conditional 1
patinfo_sex Patient: Sex, Code N Number 1 conditional 1
patinfo_idadmin0 Patient: Country of COVID-19 Diagnosis, Name X(100) String 100 conditional 1
patinfo_idadmin1 Patient: Province of COVID-19 Diagnosis, Text X(250) String 250 conditional 1
patinfo_resadmin0 Patient: Country of Origin, Name X(100) String 100 conditional 1
Lab_date1 Patient: Date of First COVID-19 Confirmation, Date YYYY-MM-DD Date/Time 8 conditional 1
patcourse_asymp Patient—Symptomatic of COVID-19 Indicator, Yes/no/unknown code N Number 1 conditional 1
patcourse_dateonset Patient—Date of Onset of COVID-19 Symptoms, YYYY-MM-DD Date/Time 8 conditional 1
Comcond_present Patient—Co-Morbidity Indicator, Yes/no/unknown code N Number 1 conditional 1
Comcond_ Patient—Co-Morbidity Type, Code X String 1 conditional 1
patcourse_admit Patient—Hospital Admission Indicator, Yes/no/unknown code N Number 1 conditional 1
patcourse_presHCF Patient—Date of First Hospital Admission, YYYY-MM-DD Date/Time 8 conditional 1
patcourse_icu Patient—Intensive care Indicator, Yes/no/unknown code N Number 1 conditional 1
patcourse_vent Patient—Respiratory Ventilation Assistance Indicator, Yes/no/unknown code N Number 1 conditional 1
patcourse_ecmo Patient—Extracoporeal Membrane Oxygenation Indicator, Yes/no/unknown code N Number 1 conditional 1
patcourse_iso Patient—Infection Control Isolation Indicator, Yes/no/unknown code N Number 1 conditional 1
patcourse_dateiso Patient—Date of Commencement of Isolation, Date YYYY-MM-DD Date/Time 8 conditional 1
patinfo_occuhcw Patient: Health Care Worker, Yes/no/unknown code N Number 1 conditional 1
patinfo_occuhcw_country Patient: Country of Employment in Registered Profession, Name X(100)
Conditional Inclusion:

To be completed if the patient has identified as being a Health Care Worker.

 String 100 conditional 1
patinfo_occuhcw_city Patient: City of Employment, Text X(250)
Conditional Inclusion:

To be completed if the patient has identified as being a Health Care Worker.

 String 250 conditional 1
patinfo_occuhcw_name Patient: Name of Employing Facility, Text X(250) String 250 conditional 1
expo_travel Patient—Travel in Previous 14 Days Indicator, Yes/no/unknown code N Number 1 conditional 1
expo_travel_country1, expo_travel_country2, expo_travel_country3 Patient—Country Visited, Name X(100) String 100 conditional 0
expo_travel_city1, expo_travel_city2, expo_travel_city3 Patient—City Visited, Text X(250) String 250 conditional 3
expo_travel_date1, expo_travel_date2, expo_travel_date3 Patient—Date of Departure, Date YYYY-MM-DD Date/Time 8 conditional 1
expo_visit_healtcare Patient—Health Care Facility Visit Indicator, Yes/no/unknown code N Number 1 conditional 1
expo_contact_case Patient—Previously Confirmed COVID-19 Contact Indicator, Yes/no/unknown code N Number 1 conditional 1
expo_ID1,expo_ID2, expo_ID3 Contact Exposure COVID-19—Identifier, X(16) String 16 conditional 1
expo_case_setting_detail Contact Exposure COVID-19—Setting of Contact, Text X(250) String 250 conditional 1
expo_case_date_first1, expo_case_date_first2, expo_case_date_first3 Contact Exposure COVID-19: Date of First Contact, YYYY-MM-DD Date/Time 8 conditional 1
expo_case_date_last1, expo_case_date_last2, expo_case_date_last3 Contact Exposure COVID-19—Date of Last Contact, YYYY-MM-DD Date/Time 8 conditional 1
expo_case_location Contact Exposure COVID-19—Probable Exposure Country, Name X(100) String 100 conditional 1
outcome_submitted_date Recordable Notifiable Disease Activity—Report Re-Submission Receipt Date, YYYY-MM-DD Date/Time 8 conditional 1
outcome_asymp Patient—Symptomatic of COVID-19 Indicator, Yes/no/unknown code N Number 1 conditional 1
outcome_onset_symptom Patient—Date of Onset of COVID-19 Symptoms, Date YYYY-MM-DD Date/Time 8 conditional 1
outcome_patcourse_admit Patient—Hospital Admission Indicator, Yes/no/unknown code N Number 1 conditional 1
outcome_patcourse_presHCF Patient—Date of First Hospital Admission, YYYY-MM-DD Date/Time 8 conditional 1
outcome_patcourse_icu Patient—Intensive care Indicator, Yes/no/unknown code N Number 1 conditional 1
outcome_patcourse_vent Patient—Respiratory Ventilation Assistance Indicator, Yes/no/unknown code N Number 1 conditional 1
outcome_patcourse_ecmo Patient—Extracoporeal Membrane Oxygenation Indicator, Yes/no/unknown code N Number 1 conditional 1
outcome_patcourse_status Patient—Outcome of COVID-19 Hospital Admission, Code X String 1 conditional 1
outcome_patcourse_status_other Patient—Outcome of COVID-19 Hospital Admission, Text X(250) String 250 conditional 1
outcome_date_of_outcome Patient—Date of Hospital Discharge, YYYY-MM-DD Date/Time 8 conditional 1
outcome_date_of_outcome Patient—Date of Death, YYYY-MM-DD Date/Time 8 conditional 1
outcome_lab_date Patient—Date of Last COVID-19 Test, YYYY-MM-DD Date/Time 8 conditional 1
outcome_lab_result Patient—Result of Last COVID-19 Test, Result of Test Code X String 1 conditional 1
outcome_contacts_followed Contact Exposure COVID-19: Number of Contacts, Total number NN[N] Number 3 conditional 1
outcome_contacts_followed_unknown Contact Exposure COVID-19: Number of Unknown Contacts Indicator, Yes/no/unknown code N Number 1 conditional 1

References

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331234/WHO-2019-nCoV-SurveillanceCRF-2020.2-eng.pdf

 

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