Ottawa’s COVID-19 fatality rate trending significantly lower in 2021 compared to 2020

From March 11 to Dec. Case counts have been rising significantly in 2021. Local public health officials are not yet able to say definitively why the number of deaths related to COVID-19 is lower now compared to last year. Epidemiologists refer to a phenomenon known as “mortality displacement”, in which reports of deaths in the […]

Ottawa’s COVID-19 fatality rate trending significantly lower in 2021 compared to 2020

From March 11 to Dec. Case counts have been rising significantly in 2021. Local public health officials are not yet able to say definitively why the number of deaths related to COVID-19 is lower now compared to last year. Epidemiologists refer to a phenomenon known as “mortality displacement”, in which reports of deaths in the […]