Ottawa COVID Cases

• Staff shortages, COVID-19 case load push The Ottawa Hospital into new surge plans

  Deaths and hospitalizations related to COVID-19 continue to tick up in Ottawa as the city's largest hospital implements new surge plans.

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  Jan 7, 2022
  
• 1 COVID-19 death, more than 1K new cases added in Ottawa

  Ottawa Public Health added 1,231 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday as limited testing continues to underestimate viral levels in the city.

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  Jan 6, 2022
  
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• COVID-19 hospitalizations jump overnight in Ottawa

  There are more than 30 people in hospital with COVID-19 in Ottawa, six more than the day before, as case counts remain underestimated in the city.

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  Jan 5, 2022
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• 1 new COVID-19 death, 2 hospitalizations added in Ottawa

  The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 in Ottawa continues to climb in the first week of 2022 as wastewater figures show spiking viral levels locally.

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  Jan 4, 2022
• Lack of testing means COVID-19 levels in Ottawa ‘much beyond’ what’s reported: Dr. Etches

  Ottawa's medical officer of health Dr. Vera Etches believes actual spread of the COVID-19 is 'much beyond' what's being reported in daily case counts.

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  Dec 22, 2021
• Ottawa surpasses 2K active COVID-19 cases, 50 outbreaks

  Ottawa Public Health says the number of active COVID-19 cases in Ottawa is back above 2,000 for the first time since the spring wave.

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  Dec 21, 2021
• Ottawa Hospital moves to restrict visitors as COVID-19 test positivity hits 8.7%

  The Ottawa Hospital is limiting visitor access to its facilities this week as a COVID-19 spike driven by the Omicron variant overwhelms testing capacity in the city.

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  Dec 20, 2021
• COVID-19: 5th Omicron variant case confirmed in Ottawa, linked to travel

  Ottawa Public Health is confirming a fifth instance of the Omicron variant of concern in the city as of Thursday amid 32 new COVID-19 infections.

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  Dec 9, 2021
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• Ottawa COVID-19 cases rising but hospitalizations stable

  Ottawa Public Health is reporting 74 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as the weekly incidence rates of coronavirus infections rises in the city.

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  Dec 8, 2021
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• COVID-19 vaccines: 35% of Ottawa kids aged 5-11 have 1st doses

  Ottawa continues to lead the province in vaccinating its youngest eligible age group against COVID-19, with some 35 per cent of kids aged five to 11 having first doses.

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  Dec 6, 2021