Ottawa's COVID-19, influenza and respiratory virus indicators are holding steady heading into the March Break period for students in Ontario and Quebec.
The Ottawa Public Health twice-weekly COVID-19 snapshot reported 96 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday, and one new death linked to the virus.
The health units indicators show COVID-19, influenza and other respiratory virus levels are steady this week, and similar to least week. The health unit does warn wastewater surveillance levels show COVID-19 levels are "very high" and increasing since last week. The March Break for students in Quebec is next week, while the March Break in Ontario is the week of March 13.
There are currently 19 Ottawa residents in hospital with an active COVID-19 infection. One person is in the ICU with COVID-19. 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.Montfort Hospital: 27 patients Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa in March 2020, there have been 90,157 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 1,021 deaths.
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