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Introduction
This report provides an epidemiologic summary of monkeypox in Ontario and includes the most current information available from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) as of July 21, 2022.
The current provincial case definition for monkeypox can be found in Appendix 1 of the Infectious Disease Protocol for Smallpox and other Orthopoxviruses including Monkeypox.
For further information regarding the monkeypox virus, including signs, symptoms, and how to reduce your risk of infection, visit the Ontario Ministry of Health’s Monkeypox Virus webpage and Public HealthOntario’s Monkeypox webpage for additional resources.
Highlights
This report provides an epidemiologic summary of monkeypox in Ontario and includes the most current information available from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) as of July 21, 2022.
The current provincial case definition for monkeypox can be found in Appendix 1 of the Infectious Disease Protocol for Smallpox and other Orthopoxviruses including Monkeypox.
For further information regarding the monkeypox virus, including signs, symptoms, and how to reduce your risk of infection, visit the Ontario Ministry of Health’s Monkeypox Virus webpage and Public HealthOntario’s Monkeypox webpage for additional resources.
Highlights
- There are 288 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Ontario.
- 220/288 (76.4%) confirmed cases were reported by Toronto Public Health (see Table 3 for
confirmed cases by public health unit). - 287/288 (99.7%) confirmed cases are male; 1/288 (0.3%) is female.
- The average age of confirmed cases is 36.8 years (range: <20 – 70 years).
- The most commonly reported symptoms include rash, oral/genital lesions, swollen lymph nodes, headache, fever, chills, myalgia and fatigue.
- 9/288 (3.1%) of confirmed cases have been hospitalized, and 2/288 (0.0.6%) have been in the intensive care unit (ICU); no deaths have been reported.
- 220/288 (76.4%) confirmed cases were reported by Toronto Public Health (see Table 3 for
- In addition, there are 9 probable cases. 7/9 (77.8%) probable cases are male and 2/9 (22.2) are female; the nine probable cases range in age from 24 to 69 years (average: 43.6 years). ...