Ottawa seems to be in another wave of COVID\u002D19 just weeks after the last one ended, based on data tracking health worker absences and virus wastewater levels.
128: Confirmed COVID-19 patients in Ottawa hospitals as of Sunday , 54 in hospital because COVID-19 and 74 for other reasons 15.4: Per cent test positivity in the community As of this week, Ontarians over 18This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Another option for children aged six months to five years old also became available Monday as the Pfizer vaccine is rolled out. A Moderna shot was already approved for that age group in the province.
The vaccine news arrives as the province braces for a possible surge of COVID-19 as schools have resumed and people move indoors this fall. In Ottawa, levels of the virus are high and increasing, Ottawa Public Health said in its latest update on Sept. 22. Ottawa appears to be entering another wave of COVID-19 just weeks after the last one ended. That assessment is based on data that tracks health worker absences and the virus level in wastewater, Dr. Doug Manuel, a senior scientist at The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, recently told this newspaper.
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