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Definition

A count of the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases that are required to be reported in accordance with public health legislation.

Components

Data Element (this item)

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 cumulative cases may decrease when previously reported cases have 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 Cumulative Cases

Input Data Element - Patient—Result of Last COVID-19 Test, Result of Test Code X

Derivation Rule - Count Number of Results of Last COVID-19 Test where the test result is Positive.

Related content

Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 1
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 0
Inclusion in Data Distributions 1
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0