Ottawa Public Health

• Staff shortages, COVID-19 case load push The Ottawa Hospital into new surge plans

  Deaths and hospitalizations related to COVID-19 continue to tick up in Ottawa as the city's largest hospital implements new surge plans.

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  Jan 7, 2022
  
• 1 COVID-19 death, more than 1K new cases added in Ottawa

  Ottawa Public Health added 1,231 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday as limited testing continues to underestimate viral levels in the city.

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  Jan 6, 2022
  
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• Ottawa Public Health planning new COVID-19 booster site for teachers

  Ottawa Public Health is planning to open a new COVID-19 vaccination site catering to teachers and education workers this week in an effort to administer more booster doses.

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  Jan 4, 2022
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• Ottawa Public Health says ineligible residents booked COVID-19 vaccines via Ontario system

  Ottawa Public Health is asking parents of kids aged four with COVID-19 vaccines booked and 17-year-olds with booster shot appointments to not come to the clinics.

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  Jan 4, 2022
• 1 new COVID-19 death, 2 hospitalizations added in Ottawa

  The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 in Ottawa continues to climb in the first week of 2022 as wastewater figures show spiking viral levels locally.

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  Jan 4, 2022
• Lack of testing means COVID-19 levels in Ottawa ‘much beyond’ what’s reported: Dr. Etches

  Ottawa's medical officer of health Dr. Vera Etches believes actual spread of the COVID-19 is 'much beyond' what's being reported in daily case counts.

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  Dec 22, 2021
• Ottawa surpasses 2K active COVID-19 cases, 50 outbreaks

  Ottawa Public Health says the number of active COVID-19 cases in Ottawa is back above 2,000 for the first time since the spring wave.

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  Dec 21, 2021
• Ottawa Hospital moves to restrict visitors as COVID-19 test positivity hits 8.7%

  The Ottawa Hospital is limiting visitor access to its facilities this week as a COVID-19 spike driven by the Omicron variant overwhelms testing capacity in the city.

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  Dec 20, 2021
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• Ottawa mayor Jim Watson tests positive for COVID-19 after testing negative this week

  'Unfortunately, my follow up COVID-19 test came back positive and I will remain in isolation for the next eight days,' the Ottawa mayor tweeted Saturday afternoon. 

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  Dec 18, 2021
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• Here’s how Ottawa’s new COVID-19 measures overlap with Ontario’s restrictions

  Ottawa's medical officer of health is writing a letter of instruction to local businesses putting capacity limits of 50 per cent on a number of settings.

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  Dec 17, 2021