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(Reported Friday, final replace Tuesday)

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6: New deaths

916: Complete deaths

40: Ottawa residents in hospital as a consequence of an lively an infection

2: In ICU due to an lively an infection

133: Confirmed COVID-19 sufferers in Ottawa hospitals as of Wednesday (consists of non-Ottawa residents), 61 in hospital due to COVID-19 (2 in ICU) and 72 for different causes (3 in ICU)

319: New COVID-19 instances (case numbers are thought-about underestimates with testing restricted to sure teams)

84,290:Complete instances

54: Ongoing outbreaks in institutional settings

23.4: Per cent take a look at positivity locally (seven-day common as of Tuesday)

Supply: Ottawa Public Well being

The present public well being state of affairs

Ottawa Public Well being is urging individuals who haven’t been carrying masks indoors and in crowds to place them on once more, saying COVID-19 ranges locally are excessive and influenza is starting to unfold.

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“In case you haven’t been carrying a masks in an indoor and/or crowded setting these days, that is the time to begin once more,” OPH mentioned in its weekly COVID-19 snapshot Thursday.

Masks mandates had been lifted final spring in Ontario, together with in school rooms.

Amongst monitoring indicators sparking concern are excessive ranges of the virus within the metropolis’s wastewater and a really excessive take a look at positivity fee.

OPH mentioned that it has additionally recorded the primary influenza outbreak. Many are anticipating a extreme flu season after it just about disappeared throughout the first two years of the pandemic, partly, due to public well being measures akin to masking and bodily distancing.

Learn how to get vaccinated

OPH recommends everybody aged 5 and up get a fall booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Everybody aged 12 and up is now eligible for a bivalent booster, “as they provide higher safety in opposition to the Omicron variants (and) will considerably scale back your danger of extreme sickness.”

E-book vaccination appointments by Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination portal or by calling the Provincial Vaccine Contact Centre at 1-833-943-3900 or by taking part pharmacies.

OPH encourages folks to make appointments as a result of drop-in availability shall be restricted at neighborhood clinics.

Learn how to get examined and handled for COVID-19

Antiviral therapies can be found for folks with signs — even when they’re delicate — who’re at larger danger of extreme COVID-19, however they should be taken throughout the first 5 days of signs beginning.

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Folks can use the province’s COVID-19 antiviral therapy screener to see in the event that they’re at larger danger of extreme sickness and may profit from the remedy.

With lab testing within the province prioritized for folks at elevated danger and in high-risk settings, Ottawans can discover out extra about who’s eligible and methods to ebook assessments and search therapy on the Ottawa Public Well being web site.

The place to get speedy assessments

Ontario is distributing free speedy antigen assessments by taking part pharmacy and grocery retailer areas.

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