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Fast Facts: Ottawa Public Health reported 95 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday Scarborough man reunited with family after three weeks at Queensway Carleton Hospital
COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data):
New COVID-19 cases: 95 cases on Saturday
Total COVID-19 cases: 25,943
COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (previous seven days): 67.9
Positivity rate in Ottawa: 6.5 per cent (May 7 to May 13)
Reproduction Number: 0.94 (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: You are showing COVID-19 symptoms;
OTTAWA The family of a Scarborough man drove to Ottawa for a surprise visit, three weeks after he was admitted to the Queensway Carleton Hospital with COVID-19. Vince Hsu was transferred to the Queensway Carleton Hospital for care last month, one of the dozens of patients transferred from Toronto-area hospitals to Ottawa for treatment during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Saturday, the hospital released a video on Twitter of Hsu seeing his wife Kate and their daughters, Payton and Emily, outside of the hospital. The family drove from Scarborough to Ottawa for the surprise visit. Thank you to everyone who helped make this moment happen: Kate, Vince s entire care team from both QCH and Scarborough, and of course, Vince, said the Queensway Carleton Hospital.
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An Ottawa nurse said she checked with colleagues who have also received just one dose of vaccine. “Their answers were short: Too little, too late.” Nurses and other frontline health workers say they feel like afterthoughts.
Queensway Carleton Hospital emergency physician Dr. Michael Herman is among frontline health workers with one dose of vaccine. He said many people were surprised to learn that he and other frontline staff had not received second doses.
“It is great to see the government taking some action and prioritizing frontline health-care workers.”
Greg Hedgecoe, vice-president of human resources at Queensway Carleton, echoed that.