5: Ongoing outbreaks in institutional settingsThe situation in Ottawa
Main COVID-19 indicators continue to be stable with little movement this week. There was one new death reported in the Friday update.Ottawa Public Health continues to encourage every Ottawa resident who qualifies to get a booster vaccine this spring.
In addition, anyone over the age of five who has not had a booster shot since last September is encouraged to get one if it is at least six months after their last dose or a COVID-19 infection. Although Ottawa had one of the highest rates of vaccination in the country when the earliest COVID-19 vaccine doses were available, the uptake for booster doses has been relatively low, with 56 per cent of the total population having received three doses and 31 per cent having received four doses, compared to 85 per cent of the city’s total population with one dose.