OTTAWA —
Ottawa’s key COVID-19 indicators proceed to carry regular, however public well being officers are warning individuals not let their guard down because the colder climate approaches.
Ottawa Public Well being reported 28 new circumstances of COVID-19 on Thursday, after 27 on Wednesday and 15 on Tuesday. Hospitalizations stay low: there are 4 COVID-19 sufferers in hospital, together with one in intensive care. All are not less than 70 years previous.
The copy worth stays beneath one, which implies the unfold of the virus is slowing. And greater than 90 per cent of eligible residents have not less than one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
However as extra actions shift indoors, OPH officers are warning individuals to train warning.
“As extra restrictions are regularly lifted, it could be tempting to let our guards down. However let me be clear: the pandemic shouldn’t be over,” mentioned Dr. Brent Moloughney, the town’s affiliate medical officer of well being.
There may be concern, he mentioned, that because the climate cools and actions shift indoors, transmission may as soon as once more improve.
“The fear is issues going out of stability once more as issues change,” he mentioned. “With the cooler, wetter climate…tends to push us indoors. That is a higher-risk setting, so subsequently we have now to compensate for that.”
Which means making certain individuals you are gathering with are vaccinated, and if they don’t seem to be, ensuring persons are masking and distancing.
Moloughney mentioned the town continues to see COVID transmission in conditions when persons are beginning to let their guard down concerning masks, bodily distancing, or staying at residence after they have signs. That is mostly occurring at workplaces, sports activities video games and social gatherings.
Provincewide, there are 403 new circumstances and three new deaths on Thursday.
OTTAWA’S KEY COVID-19 STATISTICS
Ottawa Public Well being knowledge:
- COVID-19 circumstances per 100,000 (Oct. 20 to Oct. 26): 18.5 (up from 17.9)
- Positivity fee in Ottawa (Oct. 20 to Oct. 26): 1.6 per cent (unchanged from Oct. 18 to 24)
- Copy quantity (Seven day common): 0.89
Copy values larger than 1 point out the virus is spreading and every case infects a couple of contact. Whether it is lower than 1, it means unfold is slowing.
UNVACCINATED CASES
There are 197 individuals in hospital throughout Ontario with COVID-19; 169 of them are unvaccinated or have an unknown vaccination standing. Twenty-eight are totally vaccinated.
Of the 132 Ontarians in intensive care preventing COVID-19, 116 are unvaccinated or have an unknown vaccination standing.
COVID-19 VACCINES IN OTTAWA
Ottawa Public Well being updates vaccine numbers on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
As of Wednesday:
- Ottawa residents with 1 dose (12+): 830,811 (+950)
- Ottawa residents with 2 doses (12+): 795,138 (+1,664)
- Share of inhabitants 12 and older with not less than one dose: 90 per cent
- Share of inhabitants 12 and older totally vaccinated: 86 per cent
- Whole doses obtained in Ottawa: 1,372,642
*Whole doses obtained doesn’t embody doses shipped to pharmacies and first care clinics, however statistics on Ottawa residents with one or two doses contains anybody with an Ottawa postal code who was vaccinated wherever in Ontario.
ACTIVE CASES OF COVID-19 IN OTTAWA
There are 221 energetic circumstances of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, up from 214 on Wednesday.
Ottawa Public Well being reported 21 extra newly resolved circumstances of COVID-19. The full variety of resolved circumstances of coronavirus in Ottawa is 29,960.
The variety of energetic circumstances is the variety of complete laboratory-confirmed circumstances of COVID-19 minus the numbers of resolved circumstances and deaths. A case is taken into account resolved 14 days after identified symptom onset or optimistic check consequence.
HOSPITALIZATIONS IN OTTAWA
There are 4 individuals in Ottawa space hospitals with COVID-19 associated diseases on Thursday, unchanged from Wednesday. However two individuals of their 40s have been launched from hospital since Wednesday, and two individuals older than 70 have been admitted.
One individual is in an Ottawa ICU with an energetic case of COVID-19.
Age classes of individuals in hospital:
- 0-9: 0
- 10-19: 0
- 20-29: 0
- 30-39: 0
- 40-49: 0 (-2)
- 50-59: 0
- 60-69: 0
- 70-79: 3 (1 in ICU) (+1)
- 80-89: 1 (+1)
- 90+: 0
(Ottawa Public Well being is now reporting individuals in hospital with an “energetic” an infection)
COVID-19 CASES IN OTTAWA BY AGE CATEGORY
- 0-9 years previous: One new case (2,874 complete circumstances)
- 10-19 years-old: 5 new circumstances (4,099 complete circumstances)
- 20-29 years-old: Three new circumstances (6,877 complete circumstances)
- 30-39 years-old: 5 new circumstances (4,727 complete circumstances)
- 40-49 years-old: 5 new circumstances (4,043 complete circumstances)
- 50-59 years-old: Three new circumstances (3,530 complete circumstances)
- 60-69-years-old: 4 new circumstances (2,076 complete circumstances)
- 70-79 years-old: One new case (1,146 complete circumstances)
- 80-89 years-old: One new case (876 complete circumstances)
- 90+ years previous: Zero new circumstances (533 complete circumstances)
- Unknown: Zero new circumstances (3 circumstances complete)
VARIANTS OF CONCERN
Ottawa Public Well being knowledge:
- Whole Alpha (B.1.1.7) circumstances: 6,849
- Whole Beta (B.1.351) circumstances: 513
- Whole Gamma (P.1) circumstances: 55
- Whole Delta (B.1.617.2) circumstances: 807 (+1)
- Whole variants of concern/mutation circumstances: 11,394
- Deaths linked to variants/mutations: 108
*OPH notes that that VOC and mutation tendencies have to be handled with warning because of the various time required to finish VOC testing and/or genomic evaluation following the preliminary optimistic check for SARS-CoV-2. Take a look at outcomes could also be accomplished in batches and knowledge corrections or updates may end up in modifications to case counts which will differ from previous studies.
COVID-19 TESTING IN OTTAWA
The Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Taskforce says 2,021 swabs had been taken at native evaluation centres on Oct. 26 and labs carried out 3.065 assessments.
The common turnaround from the time a swab is taken at an evaluation web site to the result’s 25 hours.
COVID-19 CASES AROUND THE REGION
- Jap Ontario Well being Unit: 22 new circumstances
- Hastings Prince Edward Public Well being: Three new circumstances
- Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Well being: 19 new circumstances
- Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Well being Unit: 4 new circumstances
- Renfrew County and District Well being Unit: Zero new circumstances
COVID-19 OUTBREAKS
Ottawa Public Well being reporting COVID-19 outbreaks at establishments and group outbreaks in Ottawa.
Group outbreaks:
- Office – Restaurant: Two outbreaks
Faculties and childcare areas at present experiencing outbreaks: (9 elementary faculties, two baby care centres)
- Pinecrest Queensway Headstart Youngster Care (Oct. 12)
- École élémentaire publique Charlotte Lemieux (Oct. 14)
- D. Roy Kennedy Public Faculty (Oct. 15)
- St. Monica Elementary Faculty (Oct. 17)
- Youngster Care – Barrhaven (Oct. 18)
- Berrigan Elementary Faculty (Oct. 18)
- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton elementary faculty (Oct. 19)
- Grandir Ensemble baby care George-Étienne-Cartier (Oct. 20)
- École élémentaire publique Des Sentiers (Oct. 21)
- École élémentaire catholique George-Étienne-Cartier (Oct. 22)
- Assumption Catholic Elementary Faculty (Oct. 25)
Healthcare and congregate settings experiencing outbreaks:
- The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus – A2 Unit (Oct. 26)
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