OTTAWA —
Ottawa Public Health is reporting another 198 people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19, pushing the capital’s pandemic total to more than 18,000 confirmed cases.
Ottawa surpassed 17,000 cases on March 29.
Sunday’s report from Ottawa Public Health’s COVID-19 dashboard shows Ottawa has seen 18,023 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the first case was confirmed on March 11, 2020.
No new deaths were reported on Sunday. The city’s pandemic death toll stands at 467 residents.
The Ontario government did not provide a provicewide update on Sunday because of the Easter holiday. Ontario will release both Sunday and Monday’s reports at 10:30 a.m. Monday.
There are more people in the hospital and in the ICU, and the number of people with known active cases of COVID-19 has surpassed 1,600. The city’s incidence rate of new cases per 100,000 people is nearly 115 and the estimated reproduction number remains above 1, meaning the virus is spreading.
No testing figures are being provided today by the province or the Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Taskforce. The next update of local testing figures will be released Monday.
OTTAWA’S KEY COVID-19 STATISTICS
Ottawa entered Ontario’s COVID-19 “shutdown” at 12:01 a.m. April 3.
Ottawa Public Health data:
COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (March 27-April 2): 114.9
Positivity rate in Ottawa: 6.5 per cent (March 26-April 1)
Reproduction number: 1.17 (seven day average)
Reproduction values greater than 1 indicate the virus is spreading and each case infects more than one contact. If it is less than 1, it means spread is slowing.
VACCINES IN OTTAWA
As of April 2:
First vaccine doses administered: 124,462
Second vaccine doses administered: 26,824
Total doses received: 176,410
OPH says the city received a shipment of 36,270 doses of the Pfizer vaccine on March 29.
VARIANTS OF CONCERN
Ottawa Public Health data*:
Total B.1.1.7 (UK variant) cases: 23
Total B.1.351 (South Africa variant) cases: 6
Total P.1 (Brazil variant) cases: 0
Total variants of concern/mutation cases: 599
Deaths linked to variants/mutations: 4
*OPH notes that that VOC and mutation trends must be treated with caution due to the varying time required to complete VOC testing and/or genomic analysis following the initial positive test for SARS-CoV-2. Test results may be completed in batches and data corrections or updates can result in changes to case counts that may differ from past reports.
HOSPITALIZATIONS IN OTTAWA
There are 47 people in Ottawa-area hospitals with COVID-19 related illnesses, up from 44 on Saturday.
Sixteen people people are in the intensive care unit, up from 14.
Of the people in hospital, one person is in their 20s, one is in their 30s, two are in their 40s, 13 are in their 50s (four are in the ICU), 10 are in their 60s (six are in the ICU), eight are in their 70s (four are in the ICU), nine are in their 80s (two are in the ICU) and three are 90 or older.
ACTIVE CASES OF COVID-19 IN OTTAWA
Ottawa Public Health is reporting 1,641 active cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, up from 1,516 active cases on Saturday.
Seventy-three more Ottawa residents have recovered after testing positive for COVID-19. Ottawa Public Health reports 15,915 resolved cases of COVID-19 in the capital.
The number of active cases is the number of total cases of COVID-19 minus the numbers of resolved cases and deaths. A case is considered resolved 14 days after known symptom onset or positive test result.
COVID-19 CASES IN OTTAWA BY AGE CATEGORY
0-9 years old: 16 new cases (1,390 total cases)
10-19 years-old: 18 new cases (2,315 total cases)
20-29 years-old: 47 new cases (3,967 total cases)
30-39 years-old: 29 new cases (2,597 total cases)
40-49 years-old: 29 new cases (2,331 total cases)
50-59 years-old: 32 new cases (2,164 total cases)
60-69-years-old: 12 new cases (1,280 total cases)
70-79 years-old: 13 new cases (755 total cases)
80-89 years-old: 2 new cases (742 total cases)
90+ years old: 0 new cases (479 total cases)
Unknown: 0 new cases (3 cases total)
INSTITUTIONAL OUTBREAKS
Ottawa Public Health is reporting COVID-19 outbreaks at 33 institutions in Ottawa, including long-term care homes, retirement homes, daycares, hospitals and schools.
An outbreak at an Ottawa shelter that began Jan. 26 has now official ended. The outbreak resulted in 51 residents cases, 16 staff cases and one resident death.
Outbreaks have also ended at the Elisabeth Bruyere Hospital, the Portobello Retirement Residence, Seraphin-Marion elementary school and St. Peter High School.
One new outbreak has declared Sunday at Sacred Heart High School.
There are six active community outbreaks, up from five on Saturday. Two outbreaks are linked to services workplaces, one is linked to a private social event, one is linked to a restaurant, one is linked to a recreational workplace, and one is linked to construction.
The schools and childcare spaces currently experiencing outbreaks are:
St. Luke’s Childcare Centre (March 15)
Centrepointe Home Daycare (March 26)
St. Gabriel Elementary School (March 29)
St. Leonard Elementary School (March 30)
St. Isidore Elementary School (March 31)
Connaught Public School (April 2)
Fallingbrook Community Elementary School (April 2)
Our Lady of Fatima Elementary School (April 2)
Sacred Heart High School (April 3) [NEW]
The long-term care homes, retirement homes, hospitals, and other spaces currently experiencing outbreaks are:
The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus (Feb. 19)
St. Vincent Hospital (March 6)
Extendicare Medex (March 9)
Peter D. Clark LTCH (March 10)
University of Ottawa Heart Institute (March 12)
Chapel Hill RH (March 13)
St. Patrick’s Home (March 14)
St. Vincent Hospital (March 15)
University of Ottawa Heart Institute (March 16)
Shelter (March 21)
University of Ottawa Heart Institute (March 21)
Supported Independent Living (March 23)
Timberwalk Retirement Home (March 24)
Longfields Manor (March 24)
University of Ottawa Heart Institute (March 26)
St. Vincent Hospital – 5N (March 26)
Jardin Royal Garden (March 27)
Sisters of Charity (March 28)
Landmark Court Retirement Home (March 29)
Hillel Lodge (March 30)
Group Home A-11533) (March 31)
Manotick Place Retirement (March 31)
Wildpine Retirement Living (April 1)
Queensway Carleton Hospital (April 2)
A single laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 in a resident or staff member of a long-term care home, retirement home or shelter triggers an outbreak response, according to Ottawa Public Health. In childcare settings, two children or staff or household member cases of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 within a 14-day period where at least one case could have reasonably acquired their infection in the childcare establishment is considered an outbreak in a childcare establishment.
Under provincial guidelines, a COVID-19 outbreak in a school is defined as two or more lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in students and/or staff in a school with an epidemiological link, within a 14-day period, where at least one case could have reasonably acquired their infection in the school (including transportation and before or after school care).
Two staff or patient cases of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 within a specified hospital unit within a 14-day period where both cases could have reasonably acquired their infection in hospital is considered an outbreak in a public hospital.
HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia government says it could be months before it reveals how many people are on the wait-list for a family doctor.
The head of the province’s health authority told reporters Wednesday that the government won’t release updated data until the 160,000 people who were on the wait-list in June are contacted to verify whether they still need primary care.
Karen Oldfield said Nova Scotia Health is working on validating the primary care wait-list data before posting new numbers, and that work may take a matter of months. The most recent public wait-list figures are from June 1, when 160,234 people, or about 16 per cent of the population, were on it.
“It’s going to take time to make 160,000 calls,” Oldfield said. “We are not talking weeks, we are talking months.”
The interim CEO and president of Nova Scotia Health said people on the list are being asked where they live, whether they still need a family doctor, and to give an update on their health.
A spokesperson with the province’s Health Department says the government and its health authority are “working hard” to turn the wait-list registry into a useful tool, adding that the data will be shared once it is validated.
Nova Scotia’s NDP are calling on Premier Tim Houston to immediately release statistics on how many people are looking for a family doctor. On Tuesday, the NDP introduced a bill that would require the health minister to make the number public every month.
“It is unacceptable for the list to be more than three months out of date,” NDP Leader Claudia Chender said Tuesday.
Chender said releasing this data regularly is vital so Nova Scotians can track the government’s progress on its main 2021 campaign promise: fixing health care.
The number of people in need of a family doctor has more than doubled between the 2021 summer election campaign and June 2024. Since September 2021 about 300 doctors have been added to the provincial health system, the Health Department said.
“We’ll know if Tim Houston is keeping his 2021 election promise to fix health care when Nova Scotians are attached to primary care,” Chender said.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 11, 2024.
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland and Labrador‘s chief medical officer is monitoring the rise of whooping cough infections across the province as cases of the highly contagious disease continue to grow across Canada.
Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says that so far this year, the province has recorded 230 confirmed cases of the vaccine-preventable respiratory tract infection, also known as pertussis.
Late last month, Quebec reported more than 11,000 cases during the same time period, while Ontario counted 470 cases, well above the five-year average of 98. In Quebec, the majority of patients are between the ages of 10 and 14.
Meanwhile, New Brunswick has declared a whooping cough outbreak across the province. A total of 141 cases were reported by last month, exceeding the five-year average of 34.
The disease can lead to severe complications among vulnerable populations including infants, who are at the highest risk of suffering from complications like pneumonia and seizures. Symptoms may start with a runny nose, mild fever and cough, then progress to severe coughing accompanied by a distinctive “whooping” sound during inhalation.
“The public, especially pregnant people and those in close contact with infants, are encouraged to be aware of symptoms related to pertussis and to ensure vaccinations are up to date,” Newfoundland and Labrador’s Health Department said in a statement.
Whooping cough can be treated with antibiotics, but vaccination is the most effective way to control the spread of the disease. As a result, the province has expanded immunization efforts this school year. While booster doses are already offered in Grade 9, the vaccine is now being offered to Grade 8 students as well.
Public health officials say whooping cough is a cyclical disease that increases every two to five or six years.
Meanwhile, New Brunswick’s acting chief medical officer of health expects the current case count to get worse before tapering off.
A rise in whooping cough cases has also been reported in the United States and elsewhere. The Pan American Health Organization issued an alert in July encouraging countries to ramp up their surveillance and vaccination coverage.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 10, 2024.
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