Here We Go Again, Covid’s On The Rise

Published 09/01/2023 · Updated 09/01/2023

It’s back.

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The latest data from Ottawa’s wastewater monitoring program shows a steady increase in COVID-19 virus levels since the end of July, and forecasts this upward trend will continue into the fall.

“Based on that I think it’s a foregone conclusion we’re in a late summer, early fall wave, and that this wave will continue for at least the next couple of months,” said Tyson Graber, co-lead investigator of the wastewater monitoring project.

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“Unsurprisingly at this point, that [increase] is followed by an increase in hospitalizations, which we’ve seen now in Ottawa over the last couple of weeks.”

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