Ottawa Public Health reporting increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations
Posted Dec 9, 2022 06:30:00 PM.
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is reporting an increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations on Friday Dec 9.
In its latest update, which is now released every Tuesday and Friday, the health unit is reporting 24 people in hospital with COVID-19, with three people in intensive care units (ICUs) because the virus. OPH is also reporting two new COVID-19 related deaths.
In its last update on Dec. 6, OPH reported 18 COVID-19 hospitalizations along with four people in ICUs and two new COVID-19 related deaths.
There are 146 new COVID-19 cases reported since the last OPH update, and eight new outbreaks in institutional settings.