COVID-19 hospitalizations stable in Ottawa on Saturday

OTTAWA – Ottawa Public Health says 37 other people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19.

To date, PHO has reported 28,498 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the city since the start of the pandemic. The balance sheet of the pandemic stands at 593 inhabitants. No deaths attributable to COVID-19 have been reported in Ottawa since July 8, 2021.

17 other existing cases in Ottawa are now considered resolved. The number of known active cases is on the rise and the number of COVID-19 patients in local hospitals and intensive care units remained stable on Saturday.

Ottawa Public Health has recorded 194 cases of the Delta variant in the past 30 days. No one infected with the Delta variant in Ottawa has died.

Across the province, health officials are reporting 944 new cases of COVID-19, highest daily number of cases in nearly five months. Nine more Ontarians have died from COVID-19, but five of those deaths occurred more than two months ago and were added to Saturday’s report as part of a data cleanse. The province says 728 existing cases are now considered resolved.

Ontario Public Health added 39 cases to its total for Ottawa on Saturday. PHO’s numbers often differ from Public Health Ontario’s because the two health agencies pull data for their respective daily snapshot reports at different times of the day.

Twenty-one new cases have been reported in the region, including five in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit, seven in Hastings Prince Edward, eight in Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington and one in Renfrew County .

NON-VACCINATED CASES

Health Minister Christine Elliott said that of the 944 new cases of COVID-19 reported on Saturday, 736 were in people who are not fully vaccinated or have unknown vaccine status and 208 are in people who are fully vaccinated.

Of the 309 people hospitalized, 32 are fully vaccinated. Twelve of 172 people hospitalized in intensive care units across Ontario are fully immunized.

Ottawa Public Health says unvaccinated residents are 15 times more likely to contract COVID-19 than fully vaccinated people.

KEY STATISTICS ON COVID-19 IN OTTAWA

Ottawa is now in Stage 3 of Ontario’s Roadmap to Reopening plan.

Ottawa Public Health data:

• COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (August 27 to September 2): 21.1 (up from 21.8)

• Positivity rate in Ottawa (August 27 to September 2): 2.2%

• Number of reproductions (seven-day average): 1.12

Reproduction values ​​greater than 1 indicate that the virus is spreading and that each case infects more than one contact. If it is less than 1, it means that the propagation is slowing down.

COVID-19 VACCINES IN OTTAWA

Ottawa Public Health updates vaccine numbers on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

As of Friday, the city had achieved 80% full immunization among people 12 and older.

• Ottawa residents with 1 dose (12+): 793,822

• Ottawa residents with 2 doses (12+): 734,170

• Share of the population aged 12 and over with at least one dose: 86%

• Proportion of the population aged 12 and over fully vaccinated: 80%

• Total doses received in Ottawa: 1,402,040

* Total doses received do not include doses shipped to pharmacies and primary care clinics, but statistics for Ottawa residents with one or two doses include anyone with an Ottawa postal code who has been vaccinated n anywhere in Ontario.

ACTIVE COVID-19 CASES IN OTTAWA

There are 288 active cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Saturday, up from 268 active cases on Friday.

On Thursday, Ottawa Public Health reported 17 new resolved cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa. The number of resolved cases of coronavirus in Ottawa is 27,617.

The number of active cases is the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 minus the number of resolved cases and deaths. A case is considered resolved 14 days after the onset of known symptoms or a positive test result.

HOSPITALIZATIONS IN OTTAWA

There are 10 people in Ottawa area hospitals with COVID-19-related illnesses on Saturday, unchanged from Friday.

One person is in the intensive care unit.

Age categories of hospitalized people:

• 0-9: 0

• 10-19: 0

• 20-29: 1

• 30-39: 1

• 40-49: 3

• 50-59: 4

• 60-69: 1 (this person is in intensive care)

• 70; 79: 0

• 80-89: 0

• 90+: 0

COVID-19 CASES IN OTTAWA BY AGE CATEGORY

• 0-9 years: Seven new cases (2,392 cases in total)

• 10-19 years: Seven new cases (3,698 cases in total)

• 20-29 years: 10 new cases (6,440 cases in total)

• 30-39 years: Six new cases (4,366 cases in total)

• 40-49 years: Four new cases (3,745 cases in total)

• 50-59 years: One new case (3,384 cases in total)

• 60-69 years: two new cases (1,987 cases in total)

• 70-79 years: Zero new cases (1,104 cases in total)

• 80-89 years: Zero new cases (858 cases in total)

• 90 years and over: zero new cases (521 cases in total)

• Unknown: Zero new cases (3 cases in total)

VARIANTS OF CONCERN

Ottawa Public Health data:

• Total Alpha cases (B.1.1.7): 6,844

• Total number of beta cases (B.1.351): 513

• Total number of gamma cases (P.1): 55

• Total Delta cases (B.1.617.2): 349

• Percentage of new cases with variant / mutation in the last 30 days: 37%

• Total number of variants of concern / mutation cases: 9,473

• Deaths linked to variants / mutations: 101

* OPH notes that trends in VOCs and mutations should be treated with caution due to the varying time required to perform VOC testing and / or genomic analysis after the initial positive test for SARS-CoV-2. Test results may be completed in batches, and corrections or updates to data may result in changes in the number of cases that may differ from previous reports.

COVID-19 TEST IN OTTAWA

Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Task Force reports 1,160 swabs were processed at assessment centers in Ottawa on September 2

On Thursday, 2,180 lab tests were performed in Ottawa.

The average time from when the swab is taken at a test site to the result is 20 hours.

CASES OF COVID-19 IN THE REGION

• Eastern Ontario Health Unit: Five New Cases

• Hastings Prince Edward Public Health: Seven new cases

• Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health: Eight New Cases

• Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit: zero new cases

• Renfrew County & District Health Unit: A New Case

COVID-19 OUTBREAKS

Ottawa Public Health reports COVID-19 outbreaks in facilities and community outbreaks in Ottawa.

Community epidemics:

• Social event – Private: an epidemic

Schools and daycares currently experiencing outbreaks:

• Little School Daycare (August 27)