OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting 45 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, the eighth straight day with double-digit case numbers. Two new deaths linked to novel coronavirus were also reported. Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa on March 11, 2020, there have been 26,799 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 563 deaths. The 45 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday follows 63 new cases on Wednesday and 48 cases on Tuesday. Across Ontario, there are 1,135 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19. Health officials say there are 316 new cases in Toronto, 271 in Peel Region and 75 in York Region. Public Health Ontario reported 37 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday. There is sometimes a discrepancy in COVID-19 cases reported between Ottawa Public Health and Public Health Ontario based on when the data is collected from the system.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health says 43 more people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19 and two more people have died. The daily case figure is the lowest reported by OPH since March 9, when 40 new cases were added. According to OPH s COVID-19 dashboard, the city has seen 26,643 total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the first case was confirmed on March 11, 2020. A total of 556 residents of Ottawa have died due to COVID-19. Twenty resident deaths have been reported in Ottawa in the past week. Of those, 16 were men and four were women. Two were people in their 40s, four were people in their 50s, four were people in their 60s, six were people in their 70s, three were people in their 80s, and one was someone 90 or older.