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Ottawa Public Health reported 80 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death on Thursday.
There have been 14,950 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 442 deaths, since the first case was reported last March.
There are 517 active cases of COVID-19, compared with 497 on Wednesday.
Twenty-seven people in hospital, including four in ICU, OPH said.
Medical officer of health Dr. Vera Etches warned Wednesday that several key COVID-19 indicators in the city were nearer to the province’s “Red” category
Ottawa’s COVID-19 rate is at 38.7 cases per 100,000 people (the Red category threshold is 40 cases), while positivity rate is at 2.1 per cent (Red zone conditions kick in at 2.5 per cent).
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OTTAWA The first COVID-19 vaccine clinics for residents of Ottawa experiencing homelessness are expected to open Thursday. Speaking on Newstalk 580 CFRA s Ottawa Now with Kristy Cameron on Tuesday, Wendy Muckle, CEO of Ottawa Inner City Health, said there is a lot of work to do. We re in this major outbreak situation and there s really no way out of it for us except to vaccinate, she said. So, we re really pleased that the city and the province have understood that this is a high priority need. According to Ottawa Public Health, there are open outbreaks at six Ottawa shelters, accounting for 286 total cases of COVID-19 and one death since Jan. 11. Those cases account for roughly eight per cent of all new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Ottawa since that date.
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