OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting its lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in the city since mid-December. OPH says 23 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the city s pandemic total to 13,000 cases. One new death was also reported in Ottawa on Tuesday. There have been 420 COVID-19 related deaths in Ottawa since the pandemic began. Public Health Ontario also reported 63 new COVID-19 related deaths in the province and 2,261 new resolved cases. The figures from Ottawa Public Health often differ from Public Health Ontario due to different data collection times. The two health units were only apart by two cases in terms of their pandemic totals on Monday. Ottawa Public Health s total number of cases on Monday was 12,977, versus 12,979 reported by the province. That gap has now grown to 11 cases, with Ontario s total at 13,011 and Ottawa s at 13,000.
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OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting its lowest daily COVID-19 case count in nearly a month. The public health unit said 48 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, a figure not seen since Dec. 29, 2020. No new deaths were reported for a second day in a row, leaving the city s pandemic death toll at 419 residents. Public Health Ontario reported 1,958 new cases of COVID-19 reported across the province. Ontario also reported 43 new deaths and 2,448 new resolved cases on Monday. The province added 51 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa. Figures from the province and from OPH often differ due to different data collection times, but each respective authority s total cases are similar, with Ontario reporting 12,979 cases versus Ottawa Public Health s 12,977.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is reporting no new cases for the third time in four days.
Staff note that two people have recovered since their last update on Sunday.
There are now a total of 18 active cases in the region. The seven-day case rate per 100,000 is now 5.3.
Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health is also reporting no new cases today. Staff say the region now has a total of 16 active cases.
Staff from that health unit did announce today, that the first case of the UK variant has been detected in Kingston.
Dr. Kieran Moore, Medical Officer of Health, says that anyone in these categories, should get a COVID-19 test regardless is they have symptoms or not.