OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting 58 more people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19. It s a slight increase over figures released on Friday, but it s also the 16th day in a row that Ottawa has seen fewer than 100 new cases. The city has seen 13,597 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. No new deaths were reported on Saturday, leaving the city s pandemic death toll at 422 residents. Weekly trends have been on the decline lately, with Ottawa seeing its lowest positivity rate since Christmas this week. Saturday s update pushed the weekly per capita case rate to just under 30 cases per 100,000 residents, according to Ottawa Public Health data.
Fast Facts: Students at elementary and secondary schools in Ottawa return to school today for in-person learning for the first time since Christmas New mandatory COVID-19 testing for international travellers arriving at Toronto s Pearson Airport begins today Ottawa Public Health reports 46 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday; COVID-19 rate falls below 40.0 cases per 100,000 400 residents in Ottawa s long-term care homes received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday Renfrew health unit issues warning about possible COVID-19 exposure at Cobden business
COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data):
New COVID-19 cases: 46 new cases on Saturday
Total COVID-19 cases: 13,336
Published Wednesday, January 13, 2021 2:49PM EST TORONTO - A proposed class action against a prominent nursing-home company now covers all its facilities, including those hit hardest by COVID-19, and seeks more than $200 million in damages, according to a fresh statement of claim. The unproven claim alleges Extendicare failed to respond properly to the pandemic and was negligent in the care of residents. “The plaintiffs plead that the defendants behaved in a reprehensible and unconscionable manner by failing to implement an adequate COVID-19 response plan,” the suit alleges. “The defendants had a history of failing to implement properly, or at all, an adequate infection-control program.”