Overview

The mission of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) COVID-19 Challenge for Canada Initiative (CCS-C3I) is to provide a pan-Canadian understanding of the cardiovascular impact that COVID-19 has on cardiovascular care. Specifically, we are interested in looking at the spillover impact on cardiovascular care due to the COVID-19 pandemic public health countermeasures from March 2020, such as the slow-down of scheduled surgeries and procedures. Our goal is to reduce the cardiovascular health consequences of the current and subsequent waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, by providing up-to-date data from across Canada to health care providers, administrators and policy makers.

Data is provided by national (CIHI) and provincial data custodians and will be updated every three months. We have focused on the cardiovascular admissions and procedures, reported per week, also reported at a national and provincial (where possible) levels. To understand the severity of the cases, we also report the average length of stay per admission/procedure/week and the mean deaths/100 cases. The outcomes are reported only at a national level.