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OTTAWA Brandy McCann and Bruce Bianco of Ottawa were originally expecting a new baby in time for Christmas morning. Instead, McCann gave birth to Ottawa s first baby of 2021 nine minutes into the New Year at the Montfort Hospital. In a media release, the Montfort Hospital announced McCann gave birth to Harlow Winter Margaret Bianco at 12:09 a.m. at the Family Birthing Centre. McCann gave birth with the help of her midwife Celine Goodrich. The hospital was amazing. It was my first birth in a hospital and my midwife was fantastic, said McCann during an interview Friday afternoon with CTV News Ottawa. McCann said she had previously done home births.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health says 39 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, continuing a trend of relatively stable daily case counts. According to OPH s COVID-19 dashboard, there have been 9,353 total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the city since the pandemic began. The weekly average of cases per 100,000 population one of the metrics used to judge Ottawa s colour status under the province s framework fell slightly from 30.9 to 28.8.
(Note: A previous version of this article said the per capita rate held steady at 30.9, however that particular figure on Ottawa Public Health s COVID-19 dashboard had not updated at the time of writing, though others had.)
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health says there are currently no patients in Ottawa ICUs with COVID-19 complications. The latest update from OPH on Saturday shows 20 hospitalized patients in the city, but zero in any intensive care unit. OPH reported 46 more people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19, but the number of people with active cases went down slightly. Ontario health officials confirmed 2,357 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday along with 27 new deaths. 1,865 recoveries have also been reported. Public Health Ontario reported 40 new cases in Ottawa. Daily updates from Ottawa Public Health have differed from Public Health Ontario s figures.
OTTAWA Fifty-seven more Ottawa residents tested positive for COVID-19, while Ontario topped 2,000 cases of COVID-19 for a fourth straight day. Ottawa Public Health reported 57 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday, along with one new death linked to the virus. Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa on March 11, there have been 9,268 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 389 deaths. The 57 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday follows 52 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and 41 on Wednesday. Public Health Ontario reported 52 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday. OPH told CTV News by email late last week that a realignment of databases was underway, which was leading to data discrepancies between local and provincial health authorities.