OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health reported 242 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday, the highest one-day case count in the capital during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is one new death linked to COVID-19. Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa on March 11, 2020, there have been 19,030 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 471 deaths. Ottawa s positivity rate increased to 9.2 per cent for the period of April 2 to 8 from 8.8 per cent. Ottawa s weekly incidence rate is now 146 cases per 100,000 people. The number of cases involving variants of concern increased to 1,623 cases in Ottawa on Friday from 613 on Thursday. Public health reported a sixth death linked to variants of concern in the capital.
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OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health reported 242 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday, the highest one-day case count in the capital during the COVID-19 pandemic. The city also set records for hospitalizations and positivity rate on Friday. The surging numbers prompted the city’s medical officer of health to issue a rallying cry to Ottawa residents, saying the city has reached a key point in the COVID-19 “marathon.” “We are tired. We’re fatigued. We want this to be over. And this is the point in our COVID marathon where we’re hitting the wall,” Dr. Vera Etches told reporters Friday. “This is our defining moment. It’s a moment where we’ve got to break through that wall.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting 156 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, the lowest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases in the capital in a week. There are no new deaths linked to novel coronavirus in Ottawa. The daily COVID-19 dashboard shows 103 of the 156 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa involve residents between the ages of 20 and 50. Since the first case of COVID-19 on March 11, 2020, there have been 18,788 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 470 deaths. Today is the first day of a provincewide stay-at-home order, designed to limit the spread of COVID-19. The 156 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday follows 196 new cases on Wednesday, 176 new cases on Tuesday and 237 cases on Monday.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting another 176 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Ottawa and one more person has died. This brings Ottawa s pandemic totals to 18,436 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 469 deaths among residents since the pandemic began. The weekly incidence rate of cases per 100,000 population continues to climb to record levels. This is the 13th straight day that Ottawa has reported a daily case count in the triple digits. It is the longest triple-digit case count streak of the pandemic so far. OPH also reported nine new cases of suspect COVID-19 varaints and one more death is linked to a variant of concern or mutation.