Ottawa Public Health is reporting a rise in COVID-19 activity in Ottawa heading into the final weekend of March.
One new death linked to COVID-19 has been reported since Tuesday, along with 112 new cases of COVID-19.
The weekly Respiratory Virus Dashboard shows COVID-19 activity has increased since last week, while influenza and RSV activity remains similar to last week. Ottawa Public Health says COVID-19 levels are "high" in the wastewater surveillance as well.
The COVID-19 wastewater viral signal in Ottawa. Data last reported March 23, 2023. (613covid.ca/wastewater/)
There are currently 20 Ottawa residents in hospital because of an active COVID-19 infection, including two in the ICU.
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.
Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa in March 2020, there have been 90,810 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 1,030 deaths.
Updated March 20
*Statistics on Ottawa residents with one or more doses include anyone with an Ottawa postal code who was vaccinated anywhere in Ontario.
Ottawa Public Health is currently reporting active outbreaks in the following locations
No current influenza outbreaks
A full list of locations with active outbreaks is available on OPH's outbreak dashboard.
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