Key numbers on COVID-19 in Ottawa today

These hospital numbers do not include people who came to the hospital for other reasons and later tested positive for COVID-19. They also do not cover people with persistent COVID-19 problems or patients transferred from other health units.

Hospitals are also facing growing spread as staff shortages reduce their capacity. The number of hospital outbreaks is currently 28.

the average level of coronavirus in Ottawa’s sewage, which does not rely on COVID-19 testing, reached its all-time high last week.

The number of cases has reached record highs in many places this winter – and as the Omicron variant spreads overwhelms and limits testing, the actual number of cases in Ottawa is several times higher.

On Sunday, OPH reported another 391 cases of COVID-19 and one more death.

Of the approximately 12,000 COVID-19 tests performed outside long-term care homes from January 7 to 13, about 26% were positive. That’s down from record highs at the start of the month.

The seven-day rolling average of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases expressed per 100,000 population is around 330, but limited testing capacity makes this measure less reliable.

Vaccines

901 196: The number of Ottawa residents aged five and older with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, about 1,500 more than the last update on Wednesday. This represents 91% of the eligible population.

832 182 The number of Ottawa residents aged five and older with at least two doses, up about 2,750 from Wednesday. This represents 84% ​​of the eligible population.

454,569: The number of Ottawa residents with a third dose, about 17,000 since Wednesday. This represents 46% of residents aged five and over – although eligibility is extremely limited for children under 18 and about 900 had their third.

51,016: The number of children in Ottawa between the ages of 5 and 11 who received their first dose of the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine, or 65% of that age group. About 8,300, or 11%, receive two doses.

In the whole region

On Sunday, the wider region — not including a health unit that compiles its numbers differently — reports 268 hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

Thirty-six of these patients require intensive care. Both figures have increased since the start of last week.

Western Quebec, Renfrew County and the Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU) all reported more COVID-19 hospitalizations than ever before last week.

EOHU reported 65 in hospital and eight in intensive care on Friday, while Renfrew County reported its 17th death from COVID-19.

Leeds, Grenville and Lanark counties reported 24 hospitalizations for COVID-19, up from 18 on Thursday. The health office is also now waste water information sharing this suggests that levels of COVID-19 are in gradual decline.

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is an exception to the figures above, as it reports all COVID-19 patients in its hospitals regardless of their reason for admission or whether they are local residents. On Friday, it listed 36 patients, eight of them in an intensive care unit.