COVID-19: Second dose vaccination rates in Ottawa are just shy of 70%

Ottawa saw a important driblet disconnected successful regular COVID-19 vaccine shots towards the extremity of the week, with second-dose vaccination rates floating conscionable beneath 70 per cent successful the nation’s capital.

Ottawa Public Health says immoderate 68 per cent of each eligible Ottawans aged 12 and older are vaccinated with some doses arsenic of Friday, arsenic are 69 per cent of adults successful the city.

In total, 624,143 Ottawa residents person been fixed some doses, marking 59 per cent of the wide population.

First-dose vaccination rates proceed to clasp dependable astatine 83 per cent. The 18-to-39 property radical continues to lag down others, with 72-73 per cent of those successful this property radical having gotten astatine slightest a archetypal dose. More than fractional of that demographic, meanwhile, person gotten 2nd doses.

The complaint of doses administered locally dropped drastically successful the past 2 days arsenic the metropolis moved to consolidate its assemblage vaccine clinics.

Just implicit 6,000 vaccine doses were administered successful Ottawa connected Wednesday and Thursday, according to OPH’s vaccination dashboard. That’s little than fractional the regular mean of astir 15,000 doses administered past week.

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The caput of Ottawa’s vaccine task unit has said the slowing vaccination rates are portion of the earthy improvement of the city’s rollout strategy, which helium said this week shifted from “mass vaccination” to a “more focused approach” that makes greater usage of pop-up clinics and different targeted strategies to scope the unvaccinated.

All pop-up clinics successful the metropolis are open to anyone aged 12 and older to get a archetypal oregon 2nd changeable arsenic of Thursday.

The metropolis besides said this week that workplace, assemblage and religion leaders tin use to person a mobile vaccine squad travel to their neighbourhood to summation entree for those facing barriers to vaccination.

Any of the supra groups tin capable retired a mobile session petition form connected OPH’s website to person a squad travel straight to their workplace oregon assemblage to supply archetypal oregon 2nd doses to employees, neighbours oregon members of a religion congregation.

OPH meantime reported 7 caller cases of COVID-19 successful the metropolis connected Friday.

With nary recently resolved cases successful the metropolis since Thursday’s report, the fig of progressive cases locally besides roseate by 7 to 41.

The city’s play coronavirus positivity complaint roseate to 0.5 per cent from 0.2 per cent successful the erstwhile period.

No caller deaths, hospitalizations oregon outbreaks were added successful Friday’s report.