Ottawa sets new record with 466 more COVID-19 cases

• Ottawa reports a record 466cases of COVID-19 Thursday.
• Other key COVIDindicators are nearing record levels.
• Cityhospitalizations remain stable.
• Case numbers may be affected by testing demands and delays.

Today's Ottawa update

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is reporting a record with 466 moreCOVID-19 cases in its daily report.

The record highcomes even asOPHcan't keep up with testing demands, which delays or drags down its confirmed case count. The same is true elsewhere.

In total, 220 of Thursday's cases are people between the ages of 20 and 39.

Ottawahas 2,783 known active cases. One week ago it knew of 973. That count and some of the others below are at levels that near highs set during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2021.

COVID-19 hospitalizations remain stable in the city and experts say that's likely due to demographics.

Numbers to watch

104: The number of confirmed Omicron variant cases among Ottawa residents, with718cases are presumed to beOmicron. Wastewater researchers say it looks like Omicron has taken over.

10.5%:The rate of COVID-19 tests coming back positive.It's near the pandemic record of 11.7 per cent from April 2021.

1.46:The number of people infected by a single COVID-19 case, or R(t). Therate of spread is considered under control when the number is below one.

212.6:The overall weekly incidence rate, arolling seven-day averageof new COVID-19 cases expressed per 100,000 residents. Thehighest rate on record is 222.4 on April 17, 2021.

59:The number of active COVID-19 outbreaks in Ottawa, seven more than on Wednesday. Thirty-nine are in child-care settings.

7:The number of Ottawa residents currently being treated for COVID-19 in an Ottawa hospital is stable. That now includes a child younger than age 10 andsomeone in their 20s.

0:The number of those Ottawa patients in an intensive care unit.

887,547:The number ofOttawa residents born in 2016 or earlierwith at least one dose of the COVID-19.vaccine.. That's 89per cent of the eligible population.

818,028:The number ofOttawa residents born in 2016 or earlier with at least two doses. That's 82per cent of the eligible population.

193,131:The number of Ottawa residents with a third dose.

45,310:The number of children in Ottawa born between 2010 and 2016 who have received their first dose of the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine, representing 58per cent of the population within that age group.

The Kingston area

412.5:The weekly incidence rate for Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington(KFL&A) Public Health as of itsmost recent update. It had beenthe highest rate of COVID-19 caseson record for any Canadian health unit during the pandemic.

1,557: The number of active cases in the region.KFL&A also tests wastewater.

26:The number of KFL&Aresidents currently being treated for COVID-19 in a localhospital.Thirteenof them are in intensive care.

43:The record number of active outbreaks in KFL&A. The247active cases linked to them are fewer thanThursday's peak.

Across the region

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health reported 104 more cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, as well as another death. Eighteen people have died in that health unitsince the start of the pandemic.

Leeds, Grenville& Lanark District Health Unit is reporting 78 more cases.

Renfrew County has 31.more cases.