Whooping Cough Ontario 2024 Results. A report from southwestern public health (swph) claims almost half of ontario's cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, were contracted in. Public health ontario reported on july 17, 2024 that, as of the end of may, the number of whooping cough cases this year in the province was 102.
Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a cyclical disease that occasionally increases every two to six years in ontario. Cindy shen, associate medical officer of health for york region public health, said there.