there have been nine confirmed cases over the past 30 days, including three cases confirmed this week.
the alpha variant has been the dominant strain in ottawa, accounting for 75 per cent of all variants and mutations identified in the city, with 6,834 confirmed cases, including 20 in the past 30 days. the alpha variant has been linked to 62 local deaths.
there have been 27,801 total cases in ottawa since the beginning of the pandemic and 593 deaths.
while ottawa’s vaccination rates have slowed in recent weeks, the city is still outpacing the provincial numbers.
there have been 1,427,785 vaccine doses administered in ottawa, with 795,990 first doses (83 per cent of eligible residents) and 631,795 second doses (70 per cent).
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quebec is now at the beginning of a wave of delta cases, with the ultra-contagious variant projected to become predominant in the province by the end of august, says a top official with the provincial public health laboratory.
although the alpha variant is still the predominant strain in quebec, it’s beginning to lose ground to delta. in april, more than 73 per cent of covid-19 cases screened positive for alpha, but by july 18 that percentage dropped to 49.2, according to the latest figures by the institut national de santé publique du québec.