The city of Ottawa has surpassed another grim milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 87,000 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Ottawa Public Health reported 165 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa over the past three days, along with two new deaths linked to the virus.
Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa in March 2020, there have been 87,151 total cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 980 deaths. In its twice-weekly COVID-19 report, Ottawa Public Health says there are 25 Ottawa residents admitted to hospital because of an active case of COVID-19, down from 28 on Tuesday.OPH hospitalization figures only represent Ottawa residents who are in hospital because of an active case of COVID-19. Local hospitals report higher figures, which include patients who were admitted for reasons other than COVID-19 but have tested positive and patients who are not from Ottawa.
"The levels of respiratory viruses circulating in our community remain high, and we’re still seeing the increase in COVID-19 wastewater and % positivity levels that we saw last week," OPH said on Twitter earlier this week.Seven-day average of positivity rate in the Ottawa community, including long-term care: 12.6 per cent
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