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When COVID-19 started a year ago in March, we were scared. We were told that our acute medicine floor for geriatrics at the Queensway Carleton Hospital would now be accepting patients of all ages and would be turned into the designated COVID-19 unit. Now, we hardly remember what ACE (Acute Care of the Elderly) was before it was turned into a COVID unit.
We knew nothing about this horrible illness. We did not know if it was going to be a normal flu, or if it was going to be much worse. No matter: we do not think anyone could have expected that, a year later, we are still battling this nasty illness. In many ways, it is much worse this time around than it was at the beginning.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting a decrease in the number of COVID-19 doses administered last week compared to the previous two weeks. About 51,000 shots were administered last week compared to roughly 60,000 in each of the previous two weeks, the health unit reported Monday. However, the week of April 25 to May 1 was still the third busiest week of the local rollout to date and two-fifths of all adults in the city now have at least one dose. OPH reported 51,170 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered locally last week. Monday was the week s busiest day for jabs, with 8,236 doses administered.
Ottawa Public Health is reporting a decrease in the number of COVID-19 doses administered last week compared to the previous two weeks, but two-fifths of all adults in the city now have at least one dose.
Emergency rooms over capacity at some Outaouais hospitals
The health authority for the Outaouais says it s seeing emergency rooms in the region becoming overrun, with some well-over capacity in the last week.
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Posted: May 01, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 1
Health authorities for the Outaouias say hospitals in the region are seeing emergency rooms well beyond capacity.(Jonathan Dupaul/CBC) comments
The health authority for the Outaouais says it s seeing emergency rooms in the region becoming overrun, with some well-over capacity in the last week.
On Friday, Maniwaki Hospital saw an occupancy rate of 150 per cent of patients at its emergency department, while Hull Hospital saw 140 per cent. Gatineau Hospital s emergency department was under similar pressure, according to
Key COVID-19 numbers in the Ottawa area today
Ottawa Public Health is reporting 118 new COVID-19 cases and no more deaths Thursday. Thirty-five Ottawa residents are being treated in local ICUs, a new high.
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Posted: Apr 29, 2021 12:28 PM ET | Last Updated: April 29
A pedestrian wearing a mask crosses Metcalfe Street in downtown Ottawa on April 27, 2021.(Christian Patry/Radio-Canada) comments
Thirty-five Ottawa residents are being treated in local ICUs, a new high.
The Outaouais is reporting 55 cases and one death Thursday.
Today s Ottawa update
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is reporting 118 new COVID-19 cases and no more deaths Thursday.
Another 332 cases are now considered resolved, leaving 2,149 known active cases in the city.