Ottawa Public Health reports more than 300 cases for third time in four days

Ottawa Public Health says another 312 people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, marking the third time in four days that the daily case count has exceeded 300. Hospitalizations remain low.

To date, OPH has recorded 34,608 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. No new deaths were reported on Monday, keeping the pandemic death toll at 620 residents, locally.

The city's rolling seven-day average is 226.4, up from 96.0 this time last week and up from 38.0 four weeks ago.

The number of known active cases is approaching 2,000, the highest level seen since early May.

The testing positivity rate in Ottawa continues to rise. This weekend, OPH said testing capacity was at its limit, urging residents who have COVID-19 symptoms but who cannot get a timely test to assume they have the Omicron variant and self-isolate.