Hospitalization in Ottawa as Ontario sets new records

Ottawa Public Health reports five new deaths from COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday as the state reports record hospitalizations.

Over 2,400 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 across the state, breaking the previous record set in April.

In Ottawa, the health unit recorded eight more hospitalizations from COVID-19, bringing the city’s total to 43. This is more than double the 21 hospitalizations at this point last week.

This number reflects those admitted to Ottawa hospitals with COVID-19 and does not include those who caught it during hospitalization or were transferred from other health units.

The state also reported 43 new deaths across Ontario, 42 of which occurred in 10 days and one died more than a month ago.

The number of ICU attendees across Ontario has skyrocketed to 338. Of these, 232 have not been completely vaccinated or the status of vaccination is unknown.

Ottawa has five ICU patients, two more than Thursday.

Ottawa Public Health has also reported 720 new cases. However, because the Ontario government has restricted access to PCR tests, the number may be much lower than the actual number.

The positive rate for those taking the test is currently over 37 percent in Ottawa.

Ottawa’s Key COVID-19 Statistics

• COVID-19 cases / 100,000 cases (December 30th to January 5th): 601.3 (decreased from 652.3)

• Ottawa positive rate (December 31st to January 6th): 37.7%

• Number of reproductions (7-day average): 0.86

• Known active cases: 8,177 (-212)

A recall value greater than 1 indicates that the virus has spread and each case has infected multiple contacts. If it is less than 1, it means that the spread is slowing down.

The number of known active cases is the number of confirmed cases (based on tests) minus the number of cases resolved and deaths.

Hospitalization of Ottawa

There are 43 people in Ottawa’s hospital on Friday who are being treated for an active COVID-19 infection, eight more than Thursday.

ICU has five people, two more than Thursday.

Age category of inpatients:

• 0-9: 1

• 10-19: 0

• 20-29: 2

• 30-39: 1

• 40-49: 7 (2 in ICU)

• 50-59: 2 (1 in ICU)

• 60-69: 8 (1 in ICU)

• 70-79: 7

• 80-89: 15 (1 in ICU)

• 90+: 0

(Ottawa Public Health is currently reporting inpatients with “active” infections)

Ottawa COVID-19 Vaccine

As of Friday:

• Single dose Ottawa resident (5 years and older): 896,747 (+1,159)

• Double dose (5+) Ottawa Residents: 826,007 (+1,432)

• Ottawa resident with 3 doses (12+): 363,918 (+16,247)

• Percentage of population 5 years and older with at least one dose: 90%

• Percentage of fully vaccinated population over 5 years: 83%

* Statistics of Ottawa residents who have been vaccinated once or twice include those who have a zip code for Ottawa vaccinated somewhere in Ontario.

Around the area

• Eastern Ontario Health Unit: 24 in hospital, 3 in ICU

• Hastings Prince Edward Public Health: 20 in the hospital, 4 in the ICU

• Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Health: 19 in the hospital, 8 in the ICU

• Leeds, Glenville & Lanark District Health Unit: 17 at the hospital, 4 at the ICU

• Renfrew County and District Health Units: 8 in hospital, 1 in ICU

These numbers are based on the latest data from each health unit at the time of issuance.

COVID-19 Outbreak

Ottawa Public Health is currently reporting active outbreaks in the following locations:

• 11 long-term care facilities

• 19 retirement homes

• 16 hospital units

• 15 other apartments (group homes, supported independent living, etc.)

• 4 elementary schools

• Two junior high schools

• 16 day care and / or camping

OPH suspended reporting of outbreaks in the workplace, etc. on January 2, 2022.

A complete list of active locations is OPH’s COVID-19 dashboard.