WC still Ottawa’s home to fewest COVID-19 cases

OTTAWA – As of Aug. 3, West Carleton is still home to the fewest COVID-19 cases in the city.

While daily contraction numbers slowly drop in the city, the overall number of cases continues to climb, and West Carleton is not immune to that fact. Ward 5, as of Aug. 3, sits at 63 cases per 100,000 people. That’s up from 59 cases per 100,000 as of July 20.

That works out to roughly 18 cases in Ward 5 – a bump from 15.4 July 20.

 Ottawa neighbourhoods hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic saw a significant increase in the rate of infections as the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased during the final two weeks of July. 

The Ottawa Public Health Snapshot of COVID-19 across Ottawa Wards Report released earlier last week shows Alta Vista, Gloucester-Southgate and Beacon Hill-Cyrville have the highest rates of COVID-19 infection in Ottawa.

Alta Vista had 330 cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 residents. Up from 264 confirmed cases per 100,000 people on July 20.

Gloucester-Southgate has 284 cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 residents, up from 176 cases per 100,000 people two weeks ago. Beacon Hill-Cyrville is third with 240 cases per 100,000 residents, up from 157 cases per 100,000 people on July 20.

There are now six wards with an infection rate of at least 200 cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 people, compared to one ward with 200 cases per 100,000 people two weeks ago.

Bay Ward has 224 cases per 100,000 people; River Ward has 214 cases per 100,000 people, and Rideau Rockcliffe has 205 cases per 100,000 people.

As of Aug. 3, there were 2,559 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa. Ottawa Public Health reported 239 new cases of COVID-19 between July 20 and Aug. 3, when the Snapshot of COVID-19 across Ottawa Wards data was compiled.

“COVID-19 is present in every single community within Ottawa,” Ottawa Public Health (OPH) said. “This map cannot be used to identify ‘COVID-19 hot spots’ in Ottawa. Areas with lower or higher rates are not more or less ‘safe’ from COVID-19 transmission.”

OPH adds the map is based on the place of residence of COVID-19 cases and does not necessarily reflect where the disease was contracted.

Ottawa wards rate of confirmed COVID-19 per 100,000 as of Aug. 3. (Data from July 20 in parenthesis)

• Alta Vista: 330 cases per 100,000 (264 per 100,000)
• Gloucester-Southgate: 284 cases per 100,000 (176 per 100,000)
• Beacon Hill-Cyrville: 240 cases per 100,000 (157 per 100,000)
• Bay: 224 cases per 100,000 (168 per 100,000)
• River: 214 cases per 100,000 (171 per 100,000)
• Rideau-Rockcliffe: 205 cases per 100,000 (186 per 100,000)
• Barrhaven: 171 cases per 100,000 (138 per 100,000)
• College: 162 cases per 100,000 (142 per 100,000)
• Rideau-Vanier: 159 cases per100,000 (136 per 100,000)
• Innes: 156 cases per 100,000 (128 per 100,000)
• Knoxdale-Merivale: 155 cases per 100,000 (129 per 100,000)
• Rideau-Goulbourn: 154 cases per 100,000 (126 per 100,000)
• Cumberland: 149 cases per 100,000 (135 per 100,000)
• Gloucester-South Nepean: 147 cases per 100,000 (118 per 100,000)
• Somerset: 134 cases per 100,000 (123 per 100,000)
• Kichissippi: 124 cases per 100,000 (96 per 100,000)
• Stittsville: 108 cases per 100,000 (92 per 100,000)
• Orleans: 107 cases per 100,000 (100 per 100,000)
• Kanata North: 106 cases per 100,000 (95 per 100,000)
• Capital: 105 cases per 100,000 (105 per 100,000)
• Kanata South:  99 cases per 100,000 (89 per 100,000)
• Osgoode: 71 cases per 100,000 (71 per 100,000)
• West Carleton-March: 63 cases per 100,000 (59 per 100,000)