OTTAWA — Public Health Ontario is reporting 49 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Saturday.
A full local snapshot from Ottawa Public Health is due later today. Figures from OPH often differ from those provided by Public Health Ontario because the two health agencies pull data for their respective daily snapshot reports at different times of the day.
Across the province, health officials confirmed another 661 cases of COVID-19, the highest daily case count in more than a month. Six more Ontarians have died due to COVID-19 and 469 previously reported cases are now considered resolved.
UNVACCINATED CASES
Of the 661 new cases of COVID-19 reported on Saturday, the provincial government says 315 are in unvaccinated individuals, 22 are in partially vaccinated people and 273 are in fully vaccinated individuals. The vaccination status of the remaining 51 people is unknown.
Breaking it down by population, There are 8.59 COVID-19 cases for every 100,000 unvaccinated people in Ontario compared to 2.03 cases for every 100,000 fully vaccinated people. More than 11 million Ontarians are fully vaccinated.
There are 263 people hospitalized province-wide with COVID-19, of whom 194 are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status and 69 are fully vaccinated, according to health minister Christine Elliott. In ICUs, 13 of 131 are fully vaccinated.
COVID-19 VACCINES IN OTTAWA
Ottawa Public Health updates vaccine numbers on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
As of Friday:
- Ottawa residents with 1 dose (12+): 836,213
- Ottawa residents with 2 doses (12+): 805,741
- Share of population 12 and older with at least one dose: 91 per cent
- Share of population 12 and older fully vaccinated: 87 per cent
- Total doses received in Ottawa: 1,372,642
*Total doses received does not include doses shipped to pharmacies and primary care clinics, but statistics on Ottawa residents with one or two doses includes anyone with an Ottawa postal code who was vaccinated anywhere in Ontario.
COVID-19 TESTING IN OTTAWA
The Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Taskforce reports 2,013 swabs were processed at assessment centres in Ottawa on Thursday.
A total of 3,462 lab tests were performed in Ottawa.
The average turnaround time from the time the swab is taken at the testing site to the result is 23 hours.
CASES OF COVID-19 AROUND THE REGION
- Eastern Ontario Health Unit: 16 new cases
- Hastings Prince Edward Public Health: Five new cases
- Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Health: 21 new cases
- Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit: Five new cases
- Renfrew County and District Health Unit: One new case
This story will be updated. CTV News Ottawa will have the latest as it becomes available.
