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Respiratory infections in Ottawa showed little change over the last week.
Ottawa Public Health reported 83 new confirmed cases and three new deaths during the period ending Feb. 27.
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Last week, there were 130 new cases and two additional deaths.
This week’s reading brought the total number of Ottawa cases to 98,254 since the pandemic began in 2020, while 1,230 people have died.
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The health agency’s weekly respiratory infections dashboard showed 12 new hospitalizations for flu patients in the seven days ending Feb. 24, for a total of 199 this season. The report described flu levels as very high, the same description as last week’s data.
The report showed 21 new hospitalizations for COVID-19, for a total of 1,064, and three more hospitalizations for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The COVID-19 and RSV results were described as “moderate.”
Percent positivity levels for testing were 12.8 per cent of all tests for flu (“moderate and similar to last week”), 9.4 per cent for COVID-19 (“low and similar to last week”) and two per cent for RSV (“low and similar to last week.”)
Wastewater surveillance levels for flu continued to be very high, while levels for COVID-19 and RSV were described as “moderate.”
There were five new outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities, for a total of six ongoing outbreaks. There were three new outbreaks of RSV, with four ongoing outbreaks, and no new outbreaks for flu, while two outbreaks are ongoing.
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