Ottawa Covid Outbreaks

• 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
• 30 COVID-19 cases in Ottawa Paramedic Service, 93 patients possibly exposed

  Thirty members of the Ottawa Paramedic Service have tested positive for COVID-19, though the chief of the service says there's been no impact on service levels.

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  Dec 21, 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 adds 199 new COVID-19 cases, 1 new death

  Ottawa Public Health reported nearly 200 new COVID-19 cases Thursday as the Omicron variant of concern rapidly spreads through the city.

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  Dec 16, 2021
• OPH sharing Ottawa COVID-19 exposures as Omicron spread overwhelms contact tracers

  Ottawa Public Health is taking the rare step of disclosing COVID-19 exposures to the public as its contact tracers have been unable to follow up with all high-risk contacts.

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  Dec 14, 2021
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• Ottawa adds 129 new COVID-19 cases, most since mid-May

  COVID-19 cases in Ottawa are surging as more elementary schools face outbreaks of the virus and Omicron begins spreading in the community.

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  Dec 13, 2021
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• Another crop of Ottawa elementary schools placed in COVID-19 outbreak

  Four more Ottawa elementary schools are facing outbreaks as 42 new cases of the virus and one more death are recorded in the pandemic locally.

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  Nov 25, 2021