OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting another 329 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 and three more residents have died. This comes after a one-day dip below 200 in the local case count on Tuesday, a day which typically sees lower than average case counts due to lower testing over the weekend. Ottawa Public Health s COVID-19 dashboard now shows a total of 20,596 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ottawa and 479 residents have died since the pandemic began. There were 4,156 new cases of COVID-19 reported across Ontario on Wednesday. The province also reported 28 new deaths and 3,160 newly resolved cases. The province added 340 cases in Ottawa. Figures from OPH often differ from those provided by the province because of different data collection times.
Hastings and Prince Edward Public Health reported 13 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday and 150 active cases.
There were 604 people listed as recovered.
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The health unit said a total of 761 cases of the virus have been recorded in the community since the pandemic began.
There were 155 cases involving variants of concern identified in the region.
There are six outbreaks listed in the region.
There have been seven deaths to date.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health said 43,318 vaccines have been administered in the region and 3,224 people have now been fully vaccinated with a second jab.
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