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Key COVID-19 numbers in the Ottawa area today

People walk along Sparks Street as it snows in downtown Ottawa on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. On Saturday, the city's health officials reported 63 new cases of COVID-19.  (Joseph Tunney/CBC - image credit)
People walk along Sparks Street as it snows in downtown Ottawa on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. On Saturday, the city's health officials reported 63 new cases of COVID-19. (Joseph Tunney/CBC - image credit)
  • Ottawa reported 63 more cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.

  • Many key numbers are slowly rising in the city.

Today's Ottawa update

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) reported 63 more COVID-19 cases on Saturday and no more deaths. The city has 398 known active cases.

Numbers to watch

3: Residents age 12 and up who are unvaccinated or who received their first dose less than two weeks ago are three times more likely to contract COVID-19 than are those who are fully vaccinated, according to data up to Nov. 26.

2.2%: The rate of COVID-19 tests coming back positive slightly rises.

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

31.0: The overall weekly incidence rate, a rolling seven-day total of new COVID-19 cases expressed per 100,000 residents, is above 30 for the first time in about two months.

27: The number of active COVID-19 outbreaks in Ottawa is stable.

10: The number of Ottawa residents currently being treated for COVID-19 in an Ottawa hospital. All are age 60 or older.

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

863,174: The number of Ottawa residents born in 2016 or earlier with one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

815,201: The number of Ottawa residents born in 2016 or earlier who are fully vaccinated. That's 82 per cent of the eligible population.

21,530: The number of children in Ottawa born between 2010 and 2016 who have received their first dose of the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine, representing 28 per cent of the population within that age group.

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