COVID-19 levels remain high in Ottawa, public health agency reports - Ottawa Citizen

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Ottawa Public Health says COVID-19 activity remains high in the city, with the agency reporting 285 new COVID-19 cases and six additional deaths over the past week.

The new data released Wednesday brought the total number of deaths to 1,142, while 95,225 cases of COVID-19 have been registered in Ottawa since the pandemic began in 2020.

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Ottawa Public Health said 47 additional people were in hospital due to COVID-19 for a total of 432. Additionally, 22 people were in hospital due to influenza, and 92 were hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.

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There were 15 new COVID outbreaks in institutional settings across the city in the past week, and 26 ongoing outbreaks, according to an OPH online dashboard.

The rate of COVID-19 infection per 100,000 people reported in the previous seven days was 27.3 per cent, representing a significant jump from last week’s rate of 19.8 per cent.

The OPH respiratory and enteric surveillance dashboard showed influenza, COVID-19 and other respiratory illness activity was similar to the previous week, based on wastewater surveillance, the per cent of positive cases, new hospitalizations and new outbreaks. A week ago, the public health agency said both COVID and flu levels were “very high and rising.”

Ottawa respiratory illnesses conditions as of Nov. 18. PHOTO BY OTTAWA PUBLIC HEALTH.

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