Number of COVID-19 ICU patients down to single-digits in Ottawa
Posted Jun 1, 2021 04:55:00 PM.
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is reporting eight people suffering from COVID-19 in local intensive care units and 35 people in hospital with the virus overall.
Those numbers have been steadily dropping from highs seen a little over a month ago of 124 in hospital and more than 30 in ICUs.
OPH is also confirming one new COVID-19-related death and 39 new cases of novel coronavirus in the city, Tuesday, June 1.
The deceased was a person in their 90s. Ottawa's pandemic death toll is up to 571, including: one person in their 20s; one in their 30s; eight in their 40s; 22 in their 50s; 66 in their 60s; 107 in their 70s; 200 in their 80s; and 166 in their 90s.
The health unit says it knows of 635 active cases of COVID-19 in the city. That number had come down from more than 3,800 at its peak in late April. The current active case number is comparable to where Ottawa was in late February of this year.
There are still 22 healthcare institutions and two childcare centres dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks. The two most recent outbreaks are being reported at the Ottawa Hospital Civic and General Campuses, affecting three and two patients in each respective facility. OPH is also monitoring four community outbreaks stemming from workplaces.
Ottawa's weekly incidence rate is at 39.9 per 100,000 residents. The local positivity rate remains at 4.7 per cent on Tuesday.
More than 51 per cent of Ottawa's population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, with 5 per cent having had their second doses. New vaccine information is released by the health unit every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
There have been 27,097 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa (25,891 resolved) since March of 2020.
Ontario is reporting 699 new cases of COVID-19, Tuesday, including, two in Renfrew County and district, and none in either the Eastern Ontario Health Unit's region or the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark district.
