COVID-19: 83% of eligible Ottawa residents doubly vaccinated – Ottawa | The Canadian News

Several key COVID-19 metrics in Ottawa are stable to start the week as the percentage of fully vaccinated residents increases.

Ottawa Public Health reported 48 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, up from 79 cases on Sunday and 50 cases on Saturday.

The number of active COVID-19 cases in the city dropped slightly to 463 in the latest report.

There was no change in the number of deaths, outbreaks, or hospitalizations related to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

The weekly coronavirus positivity rate in Ottawa is 2.3 percent as of Monday.

OPH’s COVID-19 vaccination panel shows slight progress in the number of people who are fully vaccinated.

As of Monday, about 83 percent of Ottawa residents age 12 and older had received both doses of the vaccine, while 88 percent of those eligible had received at least one injection.

Just under 80 percent of residents ages 18 to 39 have received at least one initial injection of the COVID-19 vaccine, the OPH dashboard shows.

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