OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting another 198 people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19, pushing the capital s pandemic total to more than 18,000 confirmed cases. Ottawa surpassed 17,000 cases on March 29. Sunday s report from Ottawa Public Health s COVID-19 dashboard shows Ottawa has seen 18,023 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the first case was confirmed on March 11, 2020. No new deaths were reported on Sunday. The city s pandemic death toll stands at 467 residents. The Ontario government did not provide a provicewide update on Sunday because of the Easter holiday. Ontario will release both Sunday and Monday s reports at 10:30 a.m. Monday. There are more people in the hospital and in the ICU, and the number of people with known active cases of COVID-19 has surpassed 1,600. The city s incidence rate of new cases per 100,000 people is nearly 115 and the estimated reproduction number remains above 1, meaning the virus is spreading.
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