OTTAWA Two Ottawa police officers will not face charges in connection to the arrest of a woman who was refusing to wear a mask in an Ottawa grocery store. The Special Investigations Unit launched an investigation after the woman suffered a broken left knee during the course of an arrest on Jan. 22. Ottawa police officers were called to the grocery store just before 2 p.m. The call involved a woman who was refusing to wear a face mask, and who had previously trespassed from the store for the same offence. The SIU says a summary of the Ottawa Police Service communication recording from Jan. 22 shows a witness requested police arrest because a woman, who had trespassed a week prior for not wearing a mask, was back and still not wearing a mask.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting 115 more people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19 and another person has died. Across the province, officials added 2,320 new cases of COVID-19. The province also reported 3,477 newly resolved cases and said 32 more people had died. Public Health Ontario reported 105 new cases in Ottawa on Wednesday. Figures from OPH often differ from those provided by Public Health Ontario because the two health units pull data for their respective daily reports at different times of the day. The new figures from OPH s COVID-19 dashboard bring the city s pandemic totals to 25,628 laboratory-confirmed cases and 528 resident deaths.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting the death of a woman in her 20s from COVID-19, making her the youngest person in the city to succumb to the virus. The death was included in Tuesday s COVID-19 dashboard update. In a reponse to CTV News Ottawa, Ottawa Public Health would not provide any further details about the woman, citing medical privacy, but said her death is a reminder that the pandemic is still putting people at risk. We mourn all those who have died of COVID-19. Every death is tragedy. This is a sad day and a reminder of the impacts on the family and friends of the people who have died during the pandemic, the statement said.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting 143 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19 and two more people have died. According to OPH s COVID-19 dashboard, there have been 25,363 total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa since the first case was confirmed on March 11, 2020 and 523 residents have died. The daily case count Sunday was slightly higher than the 112 cases reported on Saturday, but weekly monitoring trends continue to see a downward decline, with the incidence rate per 100,000 population below 90. The estimated reproduction number, which measures how many additional people each person with COVID-19 infects, has been below 1 since the middle of April, which suggests that the spread of the virus is slowing down.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting 83 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19 and two more people have died. The new case count is the lowest so far this month, after OPH reported 94 cases on May 4. Daily case counts have otherwise been in the triple digits since late March. According to Ottawa Public Health s COVID-19 dashboard, there have been 25,446 total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the capital since the pandemic began. The two new deaths reported Monday bring the city s pandemic death toll to 525 residents. There were 2,716 new cases of COVID-19 reported across Ontario on Monday. The province also reported 19 more residents dying from COVID-19 and said there are 3,110 newly resolved cases. Public Health Ontario reported 86 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa. Figures from OPH often differ from those provided by Public Health Ontario because the two health units pull data for their respective daily reports at different times.