Visitors to Parliament Hill view the Centennial Flame in front of the Tower of Peace, June 17, 2022 (Justin Tang / The Canadian Press)
Ottawa’s latest update
Wastewater
The level of coronavirus found in Ottawa’s wastewater is stable.
The latest available data (the thick red line in the chart below) shows that the seven-day average, calculated on June 21, is about three times higher than in early March, before the most recent jump.
Researchers measuring and sharing the amount of the new coronavirus in Ottawa’s wastewater reported new pandemic records for daily readings and the weekly average in April 2022. The latest data is from June 21. (613covid.ca)
Ottawa’s public health community considers these levels high.
PHOTO of COVID-19 – JUNE 23, 2022
Our indicators show an increase in COVID levels in the community. We are entering a new wave and it remains important to use our layers of protection.
Please watch this week’s video & read the tweets below for more information. (1/5) pic.twitter.com/q2N0A0N2u8
– @OttawaHealth
Hospitals
Six Ottawa residents are in local hospitals treating COVID-19, according to the Ottawa Public Health Update (OPH) on Friday. The five announced on Tuesday are the lowest for 2022.
None of these patients need intensive care.
The hospitalization figures above do not include all patients. For example, they omit patients admitted for other reasons who then test positive for COVID-19, those admitted for long-term complications of COVID-19, and those transferred from other health care units.
When these categories are included, there were 29 patients in its latest update, which is stable.
Public health in Ottawa has a number of hospitals for COVID-19, which shows all hospital patients who have tested positive for COVID, including those admitted for other reasons, and who live in other areas. As of June 22, there are 29. (Public Health of Ottawa)
Tests, outbreaks and cases
Testing strategies have changed in the infectious version of Omicron, which means that many cases of COVID-19 are not reflected in the current issue. Public health monitors and reports only outbreaks that occur in health facilities.
The average positivity rate in Ottawa for all residents is about 11 percent, which according to OPH is moderate. This month, that number varies between nine and 11 percent.
There are 16 active COVID outbreaks in the capital, which are stable in June.
On Friday, OPH reported another 195 cases in three days and another death.
Its age breakdown shows that a person with COVID who has died is in his 30s, only the second COVID death reported in this age range.
Vaccines
As of Monday’s weekly update, 92% of Ottawa residents aged five and over had had at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 89% had at least two.
Sixty-four percent of Ottawa residents aged 12 and over had at least three doses, and 12 percent had four. Each has risen by one percentage point in the last week. The tolerability is more limited for the third and fourth doses than the first two.
Throughout the region
Wastewater levels have risen slightly in Leeds, Grenville and Lanark (LGL) areas. They are declining in Kingston and Casselman and are stable elsewhere east of Ottawa.
Data from other parts of the region are either at least a week old or not publicly available.
Western Quebec has about 40 hospitalizations with COVID-19, including those no longer considered active.
Eastern Ontario communities outside Ottawa have reported 20 COVID hospitalizations, with only one COVID patient in the LGL intensive care unit.
This does not include Hastings Prince Edward’s (HPE) public health, which has a different method of counting. His hospitalizations are low and stable.
The Eastern Ontario Health Unit reported its 232nd death from COVID-19 overall, the second of the month.
Vaccines
More than 5.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been given to humans in the Ottawa-Gatineau region.
For each health unit in eastern Ontario, there are anywhere from 81 to 92 percent of eligible residents with at least two doses of vaccine, and anywhere from 59 to 71 percent of adults with at least three.
The percentage of adults in Ottawa with at least three doses increases to 68 percent.
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