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(Reported on Tuesday, last update on September 27)
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6: new deaths
897: total deaths
35: Ottawa residents in hospital due to active infection
4: In ICU due to active infection
120: Confirmed COVID-19 patients in Ottawa hospitals as of Sunday, 50 in hospital due to COVID-19 (6 in ICU) and 70 for other reasons (2 in ICU)
509: New cases of COVID-19 (case numbers are underestimates with testing limited to certain groups)
82,818: Total cases
46: Ongoing outbreaks in institutional settings
15.8: Percent Test Positivity in the Community (7-day average through Sunday)
The current state of public health
COVID-19 is on the rise again and the country is barely into the fall.
That shouldn’t be a surprise, said Jesse Shapiro, an evolutionary genomic biologist at McGill University, even without all the old and new alphanumeric subvariants that scientists are looking at.
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“Even based on waning immunity, the time since the average person had their last infection or their last booster, a wave was expected,” Shapiro said.
In most provinces, immunity isn’t as high as it could be, so Canada’s public health agency is calling on people to “catch up” on their vaccines like new bivalent shots targeting the strain. original SARS-CoV-2 and Omicron’s BA.1 strain is being deployed.
Public Health Ontario reported Friday that it is seeing a gradual increase in cases and the number of tests that have come back positive, looking back over the past two weeks.
Ottawa is already in a “new wave” of COVID-19, local public health officials said last week.
How to get vaccinated
“The bivalent booster gives you even more diversity in how you will be able to fight COVID viruses, adds to your immune level,” Dr. Vera Etches, Medical Officer of Health, said in a tweet from Ottawa Public Health on Monday. .
Book vaccination appointments through Ontario COVID-19 vaccination portal or by calling the Provincial Vaccine Contact Center at 1-833-943-3900 or through participating pharmacies.
OPH encourages people to make appointments because the availability of visits will be limited in community clinics.
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How to get tested and treated for COVID-19
Antiviral treatments are available for people with symptoms, even if mild, who are at increased risk of severe COVID-19, but they must be taken within the first five days of symptom onset.
People can use the Ontario COVID-19 Antiviral Treatment Evaluator to see if they are at higher risk of getting seriously ill and if they might benefit from the drug.
With laboratory tests in the province prioritized for people at higher risk and in high-risk environments. Ottawanese can Learn more about eligibility, how to book tests and seek treatment.t on the Ottawa Public Health website, along with self-isolation instructions.
Where to get rapid tests
Ontario is distributing free rapid antigen tests through participating Pharmacy and supermarket locations..