OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health says 52 more people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19 and two more people have died. No new variants of concern were confirmed in Ottawa on Wednesday. To date, the city has seen eight confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 variant and two confirmed cases of the B.1.351 variant, according to the province. Ottawa Public Health s COVID-19 dashboard reports a total of 15,259 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ottawa since the first case was confirmed a year ago Thursday. The two new deaths reported Wednesday bring the city s death toll from COVID-19 to 446 residents. On Wednesday, Ottawa Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches said Ottawa will remain in the Orange-Restrict level for another week, including St. Patrick s Day.
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Montgomery: The state has expanded who is eligible to receive immunizations against COVID-19, but health officials caution there’s still not enough vaccine for everyone who qualifies for a shot. As of Monday, everyone 65 and older, educators, grocery store workers, some manufacturing workers, public transit workers, agriculture employees, state legislators and constitutional officers is eligible to get vaccinated. Previously only health care workers, first responders, nursing home residents, and people 75 and older were eligible. “If you are eligible for a vaccine, then we will get you one if want to take it. But it is not going to happen immediately for everyone,” Dr. Scott Harris, the state health officer, told reporters Friday. Harris said an estimated 1.5 million people would be eligible for vaccines, but the state has b
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