Ottawa Public Health reporting slight increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations
Posted Dec 6, 2022 06:00:00 PM.
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is reporting a slight increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations on Tuesday, Dec 6.
In its latest update, which is now released every Tuesday and Friday, the health unit is reporting 18 people in hospital with COVID-19, with four people in intensive care units (ICUs) because the virus. OPH is also reporting two new COVID-19 related deaths.
In its last update on Nov. 29, OPH reported 18 COVID-19 hospitalizations along with four people in ICUs and five new COVID-19 related deaths.
There are 156 new COVID-19 cases reported since the last OPH update, and five new outbreak in institutional settings.