Vaccinations have slowed considerably in the capital since the peak week in early July when nearly 133,000 doses were administered.
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Ottawa is reporting seven new laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases Monday as severe cases, hospitalizations and fatal outcomes continue to sharply decline in Ottawa while vaccination rates gradually climb.
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No deaths have been reported since early July, and there were two COVID-related deaths in the city during the month, while there were 14 deaths in June and 56 deaths in May. There have been 593 COVID-related deaths in the city since the beginning of the pandemic and 27,827 total cases.
There are currently no patients in local hospitals or in intensive care wards. Of Ottawa’s total cases, 27,184 people have now recovered.
There have been 49 cases in the last seven days at a rate of 4.6 cases per 100,000 population. That key indicator has remained relatively flat this week.
The virus reproduction rate, which measures the number of secondary cases generated by each COVID-19 case in the community, has a weekly R(t) value of 1.15. Any number above 1.0 indicates the virus is spreading in the community, while any value below that threshold indicates it is receding.
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The R(t) value was below that threshold during May and June, but has remained above 1.0 since mid-July. There has also been a slight rise in the viral signal in Ottawa’s wastewater over the last seven days, which typically signals a corresponding rise in daily case counts.
Ottawa’s test positivity average is 0.5 per cent for the past week.
Vaccinations have slowed considerably in the capital since the peak week in early July when nearly 133,000 doses were administered. There were 33,212 doses administered in Ottawa last week and 104,906 the week before.
Vaccinations so far in August have followed a similarly slowing pace with 4,277 doses administered on Sunday.
The city continues to outpace the provincial vaccination rate with 1,450,733 doses administered, with 799,882 first doses and 650,851 second doses administered. That represents 83 per cent of the eligible population (12-plus) with one dose and 72 per cent of eligible residents with both doses.
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Public Health Ontario did not release provincial data on the Civic Holiday Monday, and said the compiled data will be available during the regular morning update Tuesday.
There were 154 new cases in Quebec reported in the past 24 hours and no deaths in the province.
There are 61 patients in Quebec hospitals, one more admission since Friday, with 17 patients in ICU.
Another 38,883 vaccine doses were administered in the past 24 hours, and according to Monday’s provincial update, a total of 11,330,968 vaccine doses have been administered in Quebec, representing 74 per cent of the population.
Ontario reported 218 new cases on Sunday and two deaths, and as of the last update, the province had reported 550,654 total cases and 9,347 deaths. There were 78 patients in hospital and another 110 in ICU, with 78 requiring a ventilator.
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COVID-19 BY THE NUMBERS
Ottawa
(Reported Monday)
7: New cases
27,827: Total cases
0: New deaths
593: Total deaths
50: Active cases
0: In hospital
0: In ICU
4.6: Rolling seven-day average of cases per 100,000 people
0.5: Per cent test positivity, previous seven days
1.15: Estimated R(t), seven-day average. A number greater than one indicates the virus is spreading.
Ontario
(Reported Sunday. Due to Civic holiday, Monday’s data will be included in Tuesday’s update.)
218: New confirmed cases
550,654: Total cases
2: New deaths
9,347: Total deaths
78: Currently in hospital
*110: In intensive care
*78: On a ventilator
(*Note: Ontario Public Health statistics of ICU hospitalizations and ventilator cases contain some patients who no longer test positive for COVID-19, but who are being treated for conditions caused by the virus.)
60,583: Daily doses administered
19,519,781: Total doses administered
14,122: Tests conducted in previous 24 hours
1.4: Per cent positivity in cases
1.0: Estimated reproductive number, R(t). A number lower than one indicates the virus is receding.
COVID-19: Ottawa reports seven new cases, fatal cases decline sharply in July - Ottawa Citizen
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