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Ottawa’s Medical Health Officer is urging others to themselves and others in the face of what is likely to be a complicated winter for the city’s well-being.
Vaccines are the most effective coverage against flu and COVID-19, Dr. Stuart said. Vera Etches last week, while asking other people to stay home when they had health problems and wear masks in indoor and crowded areas. She recommends keeping hands and surfaces blank. She calls it an “extraordinary breathing [illness] season. “
The CHEO staff leader spoke Monday with the Ottawa Board of Health about the influx of patients at his children’s hospital and called on the public to redress children in masks. Children want to be sent to other hospitals for treatment,” said Dr. Brown. Lindy Samson .
The Ottawa Department of Public Health (OPH) said in its weekly Thursday review that COVID-19 degrees remain high. However, for the first time since last summer, the key figures below do not increase.
Sewage
The weekly coronavirus hotspot in Ottawa’s wastewater is high. It has been solid for about 10 days.
As of Nov. 6, the average is about 10 times higher than at the same time last year.
Tests, outbreaks and cases
Testing methods have been replaced under the Omicron variant, many instances of COVID-19 are not reflected in existing counts. Now, public fitness officials only track and report outbreaks at fitness centers.
Ottawa’s check positivity rate has been very high for weeks, according to OPH. Lately it is around 15% after being equivalent to or above 20% for about two weeks.
Lately there are 50 active COVID outbreaks in Ottawa. This is moderate, at OPH, and is declining very slowly this month.
OPH reported another 178 cases over four days and seven deaths of other people with COVID, all elderly 70 and older. A total of 940 Ottawans with COVID have died, 330 of them this year.
hospitals
The number of active and local hospital patients with COVID-19 at OPH rose to 29 in Tuesday’s update after a drop in early November.
There are 3 patients in intensive care, who remain stable.
When you take a look at your other account that includes other patients, such as other people admitted for other reasons who later test positive for COVID-19, those admitted for persistent COVID-19 headaches, and those transferred from other fitness units, the number is stable.
vaccinations
Ottawans received approximately 11,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine over the past week, usually the fourth dose. This is a small reduction from the last week to the last weeks.
Residents have now won more than 2. 7 million doses in total.
According to the most recent weekly update, 93% of Ottawans of legal age had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90% had at least two, and 61% had at least three.
Thirty according to one hundred of Ottawans’ 12-and-older had at least four.
Approximately 8500 five-year-olds gained a first dose, representing approximately 18% of Ottawa’s population in this age group. About 2700, or 6%, received two. This is higher than the national average.
spread
Wastewater trends are slowly expanding in the Kingston area, and are low and solid in Casselman and Hawkesbury. They are high and solid in Brockville and Smiths Falls, and are declining in Kemptville.
Data from other areas are either available or are not available.
COVID-19 verification positivity at the Eastern Ontario Health Unit and Kingston Dominance is 14% higher and strong.
Hospitalizations and deaths
The Western Quebec Health Authority, CISSSO, reports a slight decrease to 92 COVID hospitalizations. None of the patients are in intensive care.
Eastern Ontario communities outside Ottawa report approximately 65 COVID-related hospitalizations, adding 11 in intensive care. About a portion is in the Kingston area, which is close to its COVID hospitalization record of 35 patients.
This regional count comes with Hastings Prince Edward (HPE) Public Health, which has another counting method. It reported a total of 23 COVID hospitalizations in its weekly update.
HPE reported two more COVID deaths in its weekly update for a total of 94. The counties of Leeds, Grenville and Lanark reported one more, bringing their total number of COVID deaths to 135.
Everywhere in Ottawa, more COVID deaths were reported in 2022 than in 2020 or 2021. Nationally, other people who died from COVID in the last months of 2022 were generally older, living with pre-existing conditions, or undergoing immunosuppressive treatments.
vaccinations
In Eastern Ontario, between 81 and 92 per cent of older citizens received at least two doses of the vaccine, and between 53 and 65 per cent of those citizens received at least three.
Kingston’s domain also has more children under five vaccinated than the national average, with 14% with at least one dose and 5% with two.
The Belleville region is about this 7% who receive one single dose and 1% who receive two doses.
Vaccine data for children under five are not available to all local fitness authorities.
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