Definition
The number of daily cases recorded with a diagnosis of confirmed COVID-19 that are required to be reported in accordance with public health legislation.
Components
Data Element (this item)
-
Data Element ConceptRecordable Notifiable Disease Activity—Number of COVID-19 Daily Cases
-
Object ClassRecordable Notifiable Disease Activity
-
PropertyNumber of COVID-19 Daily Cases
-
-
Value DomainTotal number N(7)
Representation
This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Total number N(7) ".| Data Type | Number |
|---|---|
| Format | N(7) |
| Maximum character length | 7 |
Comments
The number of daily cases may be negative when a previously reported case has been incorrectly classified, and daily reported numbers are adjusted to account for this over count of cases.
Origin
Derived from Derived Count of COVID-19 Daily Cases
Input Data Elements - Patient—Result of Last COVID-19 Test, Result of Test Code X and Patient—Date of First COVID-19 Confirmation, Date YYYY-MM-DD
Derivation Rule - Count Number of Results of Last COVID-19 Test where the test result is Positive and where the Date of First COVID-19 Confirmation is less than 2 days prior.