Ottawa COVID-19 cases: lowest daily count in one month, ICU admissions on the rise

OTTAWA – Ottawa Public Health says 16 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, the lowest daily number of cases reported since late August.

To date, PHO has reported 29,734 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. No new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on Tuesday, leaving the city’s pandemic death toll at 595.

The number of active cases plunged on Tuesday amid a spike in resolved cases. Hospitalizations are at their highest level since June and intensive care admissions are now at their highest level since May.

The number of daily cases is generally lower on Tuesday.

A new Covid-19 epidemic was reported at a local school. Briargreen Public School has two student cases linked to the outbreak.

Across the province, health officials have reported 466 other new cases of COVID-19. Eleven other Ontarians have died from the virus, including two who died more than a month ago and 819 existing cases are now considered resolved.

In the region, Public Health Ontario has reported 22 new cases, including seven in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit, five in Hastings Prince Edward, three in Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, two in Leeds, Grenville and Lanark and five in Renfrew County. .

Public Health Ontario added 31 new cases to its total for Ottawa on Tuesday. 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. The Ontario Public Health total number of cases for Ottawa is 29,717, one less than what PHO reported on Monday.

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 (September 20 to September 26): 33.9 (up from 36.5)

• Positivity rate in Ottawa (September 20-26): 2.3%

• Number of reproduction (seven-day average): 0.98

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.

NON-VACCINATED CASES

Health Minister Christine Elliott said that of the 466 new cases reported in Ontario on Tuesday, 347 involved people who are not fully vaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown and 119 people who are fully vaccinated.

Thirty-seven of the 315 people hospitalized in Ontario with COVID-19 are fully vaccinated, including eight of the 180 ICU patients, Elliott said. The rest of the patients are not fully immunized or their status is unknown.

Data from Ottawa Public Health suggests unvaccinated residents are 11 times more likely to contract COVID-19 than fully vaccinated residents.

COVID-19 VACCINES IN OTTAWA

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

Starting Monday :

• Ottawa residents with 1 dose (12+): 814,628

• Ottawa residents with 2 doses (12+): 764,031

• Share of the population aged 12 and over with at least one dose: 88%

• Proportion of the population aged 12 and over fully vaccinated: 83%

• Total doses received in Ottawa: 1,417,102

* 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 412 active cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Tuesday, up from 463 active cases on Monday.

Ottawa Public Health has reported 67 new resolved cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa. The number of resolved cases of coronavirus in Ottawa is 28,727.

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 17 people in Ottawa-area hospitals with COVID-19-related illnesses on Tuesday, up from 15 on Monday. The last time hospitalizations were this high was in mid-June.

Ten people are in intensive care, up from eight previously. Intensive care admissions have not been in double digits in Ottawa since May.

Age categories of hospitalized people:

• 0-9: 0

• 10-19: 0

• 20-29: 2 (1 in intensive care)

• 30-39: 1

• 40-49: 3 (3 in intensive care)

• 50-59: 4 (2 in intensive care)

• 60-69: 4 (2 in intensive care)

• 70-79: 2 (2 in intensive care)

• 80-89: 0

• 90+: 1

COVID-19 CASES IN OTTAWA BY AGE CATEGORY

• 0-9 years: three new cases (2,634 cases in total)

• 10-19 years: Four new cases (3,910 cases in total)

• 20-29 years: Zero new cases (6,702 cases in total)

• 30-39 years: Four new cases (4,578 cases in total)

• 40-49 years: three new cases (3,897 cases in total)

• 50-59 years: One new case (3,455 cases in total)

• 60-69 years: Zero new cases (2,036 cases in total)

• 70-79 years: One new case (1120 cases in total)

• 80-89 years: Zero new cases (867 cases in total)

• 90 years and over: zero new cases (532 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): 6,846

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

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

• Total Delta cases (B.1.617.2): 645

• Total number of variants of concern / mutation cases: 10,160

• Deaths linked to variants / mutations: 103

* 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.

CASES OF COVID-19 IN THE REGION

• Eastern Ontario Health Unit: Seven New Cases

• Hastings Prince Edward Public Health: Five New Cases

• Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health: three new cases

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

• Renfrew County & District Health Unit: Five New Cases

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