Ottawa Public Health says respiratory virus activity last week was comparable to the first week of February, with a slight decline in COVID-19 activity.
OPH data show unseasonably low levels of influenza and RSV, while COVID-19 levels are at about the same level they've been for several weeks.
The flu season typically peaks in mid-February but this season's peak was in November 2022. Testing positivity had skyrocketed to nearly 30 per cent. Last week, it was 1.5 per cent, well below the pre-pandemic seasonal average of 20 per cent. RSV levels have been steadily declining since the start of the year. The testing positivity rate last week was 6.4 per cent. The pre-pandemic seasonal average is around 18 per cent.
COVID-19 positivity was at 11.2 per cent last week, right about where it was last year. Last week it was around 12 per cent.There are 30 people in hospital with one in intensive care, which is down week-over-week. OPH hospitalization figures only represent Ottawa residents who are in hospital because of an active case of COVID-19. Local hospitals report higher figures, which include patients who were admitted for reasons other than COVID-19 but have tested positive and patients who are not from Ottawa.Montfort Hospital: 8 patients Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa in March 2020, there have been 89,629 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 1,018 deaths.
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