OTTAWA —
Ottawa has surpassed a significant COVID-19 vaccination milestone.
Ottawa Public Well being stated on Monday that 90 per cent of residents who’re eligible for COVID-19 vaccines have acquired at the very least one dose.
Medical Officer of Well being Dr. Vera Etches has usually stated town is aiming for 90 per cent protection among the many eligible inhabitants with the intention to restrict transmission of the lethal virus.
Thus far, practically 827,000 individuals in Ottawa have acquired at the very least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
The push continues to get second doses into the remaining 5 per cent of people with at the very least one shot. To this point, 85 per cent of residents born in or earlier than 2009 are totally vaccinated.
One other 41 residents of Ottawa have examined optimistic for COVID-19. Thus far, Ottawa has seen 30,527 lab-confirmed circumstances of COVID-19 within the metropolis for the reason that pandemic started. One new COVID-19 dying was reported in Ottawa on Monday, bringing town’s pandemic dying toll to 602.
A full replace to Ottawa Public Well being’s COVID-19 dashboard seems to be delayed.
Throughout the province, well being officers confirmed 373 new cases of COVID-19. Two extra Ontarians have died from the illness and 423 present circumstances at the moment are thought-about resolved.
Public Well being Ontario confirmed 13 extra circumstances of COVID-19 across the area, together with eight within the Jap Ontario Well being Unit, one in Leeds, Grenville and Lanark and 4 in Renfrew County. One case in Kingston was faraway from the province’s whole for the area.
Public Well being Ontario added 36 new COVID-19 circumstances to its whole for Ottawa on Monday. Figures from OPH typically differ from Public Well being Ontario’s as a result of the 2 well being companies pull information for his or her respective each day snapshot studies at totally different occasions of the day.
UNVACCINATED CASES
Well being Minister Christine Elliott says of the 373 new circumstances of COVID-19 reported on Monday, 265 are in people who find themselves not totally vaccinated or whose vaccination standing is unknown and 108 are in totally vaccinated individuals.
Knowledge on vaccination charges for COVID-19 sufferers in Ontario hospitals is unavailable on Mondays as a result of some hospitals do not report back to the province on weekends.
Ottawa Public Well being information recommend that unvaccinated individuals are 11 occasions extra prone to contract COVID-19 than totally vaccinated individuals are.
COVID-19 VACCINES IN OTTAWA
Ottawa Public Well being updates vaccine numbers on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
As of Monday:
- Ottawa residents with 1 dose (12+): 826,780 (+1,193)
- Ottawa residents with 2 doses (12+): 787,531 (+2,538)
- Share of inhabitants 12 and older with at the very least one dose: 90 per cent (+1%)
- Share of inhabitants 12 and older totally vaccinated: 85 per cent
- Complete doses acquired in Ottawa: 1,372,642
*Complete doses acquired doesn’t embody doses shipped to pharmacies and first care clinics, however statistics on Ottawa residents with one or two doses consists of anybody with an Ottawa postal code who was vaccinated anyplace in Ontario.
On Monday, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson tweeted a video celebrating the milestone of reaching 90 per cent protection for first doses amongst eligible residents.
CASES OF COVID-19 AROUND THE REGION
- Jap Ontario Well being Unit: Eight new circumstances
- Hastings Prince Edward Public Well being: Zero new circumstances
- Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Well being: One case faraway from whole
- Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Well being Unit: One new case
- Renfrew County and District Well being Unit: 4 new circumstances
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