Key COVID-19 numbers in the Ottawa area today

• Ottawa's hospitalizations andwastewater are stable.
• About 5,400 vaccine doses were given to residents in the last week.
• Two COVID deaths reported in Ottawa, one in Renfrew County.

Today's Ottawa update

Eight Ottawa residents are in local hospitals being treated forCOVID-19, according to Monday's OPHupdate, with none in an ICU.These numbers have been stablethis month.

Hospital numbersdonot includepeople who came to hospital for other reasons and then tested positive for COVID-19. They also don't cover people with lingering COVID-19problems, or patients transferredfrom other health units.

OPH shares those numbers a few times per week. They are also stable.

Theaveragelevelof coronavirus in Ottawa's wastewaterhasbeen generally stable for about five weeks, with some peaks and valleys similar to other periods between surges.

It's about three times higher than it was before the Omicron surge.

Testing strategies have changedunderthe contagiousOmicron variant, meaning many people with COVID-19aren't reflected inthe case count.

OPH reported 209 moreCOVID-19 cases over three days and two moredeaths on Monday, one victim in their 80s and another age 90 or above.

The rolling weekly incidence rate of newly confirmedCOVID-19 cases, expressed per 100,000 residents, is around 60.

The health unit also reported 14health-care outbreaks, up from 11 on Friday. This countgenerally been in the 10 to 15 range for most of this month.

The averagepositivity rate for those who received PCR tests outside long-term care homes rises from about 15 per cent in Friday's update to around 18per cent, witha one-day spike on Saturday.

The average positivity in homes is stablearound fiveper cent.

Weekly vaccine update

913,863:The number ofOttawa residents age five and upwith at least one dose of theCOVID-19 vaccine, 386 more than in last Monday's weekly update. That's still92per cent of the eligible population.

876,057:The number ofOttawa residents age five and upwith a seconddose, 1,368 in the last week.Eighty-eight per centof the eligible population has at least two doses.

560,671:The number of Ottawans age 12 and upwith a third dose, about 3,600 more in the last week.That'sstill 61per cent of these residents; younger children only qualify for third dosesif they have certain health conditions.

Across the region

Communities outside of Ottawa haveabout 35COVID-19 hospitalizations, and about 15of which requireintensive care.

These numbers have been generally stable anddon't include Hastings Prince EdwardPublic Health, which has had about 10 local hospitalizations for nearly two weeks.

Renfrew County reported its third COVID death of the month, and 36th overall through the two-year pandemic.

Wastewater trends are stableacross Leeds, Grenville and Lanarkcounties,as are its hospitalizations. Wastewater averagesarerising in theKingston area.