Fast Facts: Ontario issues 28-day stay-at-home order for Ottawa and all of Ontario Ottawa s positivity rate increases to 8.8 per cent, hospitalizations surge to highest levels since the first wave Queensway Carleton Hospital, Ottawa Hospital postpone non-urgent surgeries as hospitals exceed capacity 43,000 Ottawa residents aged 60 and over booked a COVID-19 vaccine appointment on Wednesday
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COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (previous seven days): 132.1
Positivity rate in Ottawa: 8.8 per cent (Mar. 31 to April 6)
Reproduction Number: 1.06 (seven day average)
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The Queensway Carleton Hospital announced on Wednesday it is postponing all non-urgent elective surgeries requiring admission for the next four weeks.
“These surgeries,” the hospital wrote in a tweet, “will be replaced with day surgeries which do not require admission.”
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The hospital noted it is currently at 113 per cent capacity, with 24 COVID-19 patients admitted and 138 patients on isolation precautions, an all-time high for the facility.
The hospital also indicated it would review its decision to postpone surgeries twice a week and make adjustments as occupancy and staffing levels permit.