Ottawa
( 4 days to Aug 15)
3: New deaths
862: Total deaths
19: Active Ottawa residents hospitalized with COVID-19 Infectious Diseases
2: People in ICU with active infection
120: COVID-19 patients confirmed in hospitals in Ottawa — 51 for COVID-19, 69 hospitalized for other reasons, positive for COVID-19
237: New COVID cases (undercounted due to severely limited testing)
84.7: 7-day mean of newly reported cases
79,751: total cases
891: active cases
45: Ongoing outbreak at institution
13.37: Positive test rate in community (7-day average as of Aug 14)
Omicron peak past In Ottawa, the number of cases, hospitalizations and outbreaks have started to decline. Despite spurring the seventh wave of the pandemic, COVID-19 transmission remains relatively high in the city.
Institutional COVID-19 cases have also declined from highs several weeks ago, but outbreaks continue, especially in hospitals and facilities housing the elderly. Six of his outbreaks are ongoing in Ottawa hospitals, according to Ottawa Public Health's twice-weekly COVID-19 data.
There have been nine of his deaths in the past month related to his COVID-19 outbreak within the facility.
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