Respiratory disease levels have remained mostly steady in the past week, Ottawa Public Health says in its latest update.

Influenza remains a major concern with 13 more patients hospitalized in the seven days ended March 16. There were 14 new hospitalizations for COVID-19, which OPH described as “low and decreasing since last week.”

There were 45 more confirmed COVID-19 cases, about half of them in patients 65 years of age and older.

Wastewater surveillance continues to indicate “very high” levels for flu, while COVID and RSV readings are low and moderate, respectively.

There were no new flu outbreaks in health-care settings, while there were three new outbreaks of COVID-19 and RSV. There are two ongoing flu outbreaks in health institution, with six outbreaks of COVID-19 and eight of RSV.