OTTAWA Ottawa s COVID-19 incidence rate remains in the red-control threshold on Sunday, as Ottawa Public Health reports 68 new cases of COVID-19 in the capital. There are no new deaths linked to COVID-19 in Ottawa. Twenty-eight of the 68 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday involve residents between 40 and 60 years old. Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa on March 11, 2020, there have been 15,562 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 447 deaths. On Saturday, Ottawa Public Health reported 94 new cases of COVID-19, the highest one-day increase in cases since January 23. The 94 new cases of COVID-19 moved Ottawa s COVID-19 incidence rate to 40.1 cases per 100,000 people – the threshold to move into the red-control zone in Ontario s COVID-19 reopening framework.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting a slight uptick in day-to-day COVID-19 cases, but an overall downward trend in active cases. According to OPH s COVID-19 dashboard, 27 more people in Ottaw have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the city s pandemic total to 13,385. Figures are frequently lower on Tuesdays due to lower testing data over the weekends, but local figures have been trending lower overall in the past week compared to early January. Ottawa Public Health reported 22 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday and 46 new cases on Sunday. Across Ontario, public health officials reported 745 new cases provincewide, but warned that the data are skewed by a data migration at Toronto Public Health.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting another drop in active cases of COVID-19 and the testing positivity rate in Ottawa. OPH added 22 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Monday. On Sunday, Ottawa Public Health reported 46 new cases. According to OPH s COVID-19 dashboard, the city has seen 13,358 total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa since the pandemic began. No new deaths were reported in Ottawa on Monday. The pandemic death toll from COVID-19 is 422 residents. On Sunday, Ottawa s key COVID-19 indicators fell out of the Red zone in Ontario s COVID-19 restriction system. The COVID-19 rate per 100,000 dropped to 38.9 cases, down from 42.5 cases per 100,000 on Saturday. Under Ontario s COVID-19 response framework, the guidelines for the red-control zone is more than 40 cases per 100,000 and a positivity rate of 2.5 per cent.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting 74 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Saturday, while Ottawa s rate of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people dropped to its lowest level in 2021. The 74 cases of COVID-19 on Saturday follows 63 new cases on Friday. The slight increase in new cases comes ahead of elementary and secondary school students in Ottawa returning to class for in-person learning on Monday. No new deaths linked to COVID-19 were reported in Ottawa on Saturday. Since the first case of COVID-19 on March 11, there have been 13,290 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 422 deaths. The city of Ottawa continues to see positive trends in the key COVID-19 monitoring indicators. The COVID-19 rate per 100,000 people fell to 42.5 cases on Saturday, down from 44 cases per 100,000 on Friday.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting 63 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday, the eighth straight day with fewer than 100 new cases of COVID-19 in the capital. Two more Ottawa residents have died due to COVID-19. Since the first case of COVID-19 on March 11, there have been 13,216 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 422 deaths. Ottawa s key COVID-19 indicators continued to show positive signs on Friday. Ottawa s positivity rate fell to 2.4 per cent for the period of Jan. 22 to 28, while the cases per 100,000 fell to 44.0 Across Ontario, there were 1,837 new cases of COVID-19. Public Health Ontario reported 595 new cases in Toronto, 295 in Peel Region and 170 in York Region.