Four people were injured in a two-alarm fire that badly damaged four townhomes in Ottawa s east end on Saturday. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Ottawans report long waits to score appointments as province opens booking site to adults in designated hot spots Some reported hours-long waits and frustrating crashes as tens of thousands of people across Ontario likely even more spent the morning hours securing their spots.
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Publishing date: May 03, 2021 • May 3, 2021 • 5 minute read • Asif Hameed poses for a photo outside his home in Ottawa Monday. Asif is a Carleton PhD student who managed to book his vaccine for Friday after a 2.5 hour wait online. There were 117,000 people ahead of him. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia
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How did a Kanata-area postal code with lower than average rates of COVID get designated a provincial hot spot? That is a question many people are asking.
“I don’t know why it is on the list,” said Glen Gower, city councillor for Stittsville, which includes a portion of the K2V postal code.
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The forward sortation area K2V (the first three digits of a postal code) was among a list of hot spots released by the Ontario government last week. The province said the list represented areas that had been disproportionally affected by the pandemic.
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COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data):
New COVID-19 cases: 242 new cases on Friday
Total COVID-19 cases: 19,030
COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (previous seven days): 146.0
Positivity rate in Ottawa: 9.2 per cent (April 2 to April 8)
Reproduction Number: 1.05 (seven day average)
Testing:
Who should get a test? Ottawa Public Health says you can get a COVID-19 test at an assessment centre, care clinic, or community testing site if any of the following apply to you:
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The first phase of Ontario’s vaccination rollout is now in full swing.
It means all Ottawa residents born in 1941 or earlier regardless of where they live in the city can now book an appointment through the province’s online booking system.
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Residents can visit ottawapublichealth.ca to access the provincial booking system or they can call the information line at 1-888-999-6488 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Individuals will be asked for their Ontario health card information, along with their date of birth, postal code, email address or phone number. (Expired health cards will also be accepted.)