COVID-19 Case Tracker

McMaster COVID-19 protocols 

Confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at McMaster are reported through the Mosaic reporting tool. When the university is notified that a student, faculty or staff member reports a confirmed case of COVID-19: 

• The university updates the COVID-19 case tracker from Monday to Friday (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.) 
• Cases are added where the individual has been on site within the last 14 days. 
• All McMaster students, faculty and staff are reminded to use the self-reporting tool in Mosaic to report a confirmed COVID-19 test result for COVID-19 (rapid tests and PCR tests should be reported). This tool is confidential and helps the university track confirmed cases on campus. 

Before anyone comes to a McMaster facility 

In order to come to campus, students and employees must also complete a daily check-in via MacCheck within one hour of any expected arrival and successfully receive authorization to attend a McMaster site. 

All employees and students who have a need to be on campus must also complete a mandatory online training module in advance of attending a McMaster facility. The training link is available on Mosaic. 

If you feel ill, please do not attend a McMaster facility and follow recommendations and instructions provided through the Ontario COVID-19 Self-Assessment tool. More detailed information on reporting is available at the links below. 

• Faculty and staff guide
• Student guide
• Chair and Supervisor guide

The university provides all reported, confirmed COVID-19 cases to Public Health. For any positive case, Public Health is responsible for contact tracing and will directly contact any individuals they need to reach.

Educational, recreational and congregate setting outbreak definitions are available here — McMaster is home to all of these environments.

How is an outbreak at a McMaster location determined?

McMaster provides reported case data to Public Health on an ongoing basis. It is Public Health’s role to evaluate, perform contact tracing and determine if there is an outbreak on campus.

Any outbreaks would be communicated as they occur:

• In the event of an outbreak in residence, McMaster would communicate directly with those most impacted and the report the outbreak on this web page.
• In the event of an outbreak in other McMaster settings, Public Health would contact those most impacted and the university would report the outbreak on this web page.