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The U.K. variant of COVID-19 is driving an outbreak at the city-owned Centre d’accueil Champlain long-term care home, where 25 staff members have been infected by the virus.
Donna Gray, the City of Ottawa’s general manager of community and social services, said in a memo to city council Wednesday that eight more employees and one visitor had tested positive for COVID-19 at the home on Perrier Avenue in Vanier.
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A total of 35 people six of them residents have contracted COVID-19 during the outbreak, which began one week ago.
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COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data):
New COVID-19 cases: 63 cases on Wednesday
Total COVID-19 cases: 26,754
COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (previous seven days): 49.4
Positivity rate in Ottawa: 5.1 per cent (May 19 to May 25)
Reproduction Number: 0.90 (seven day average)
Testing:
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OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health says the death of a resident at a city of Ottawa run long-term care home is no longer linked to COVID-19. The daily update on the Ottawa Public Health COVID-19 dashboard showed a resident at Centre d accueil Champlain on Perrier Avenue had died due to novel coronavirus. The health unit told CTV News Ottawa Thursday afternoon that Ottawa Public Health conducted an investigation into the death, and determined the death is no longer linked to COVID-19. A COVID-19 outbreak was declared at Centre d accueil Champlain on May 19. As of Thursday, 25 staff members, seven residents and four visitors at Centre d accueil Champlain have tested positive for COVID-19.