Ontario Premier Doug Ford popped by Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's monthly city hall breakfast Thursday where heserved up a wide-ranging funding plan for the capital over the next decadeone that would also requiresignificant federal investment.

COVID-19and RSVare seen as low or moderate.Flu wastewater readings and hospitalizations, though dropping,remain very high.

Theweekly respiratoryupdate from Ottawa Public Healthhas lower COVID-19 levels than its two other closely tracked viruses. The flu season, meanwhile, has stretched much longer than the last one.

Theweekly respiratoryupdate from Ottawa Public Healthmarches on a largely stable path.

As another region leaves high-risk respiratory season, Ottawa remains.

Ottawa got into high-risk respiratory territory at the end of August. Six months later, those risks are still high.

Flu had all but dropped out of the respiratory picture this time last year. That's not the case in the most recent Ottawa Public Health update.