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OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting 31 more people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19 and one more person has died. This brings Ottawa s totals to 14,038 laboratory-confirmed cases and 434 deaths since the pandemic began, according to OPH s COVID-19 dashboard. The update comes on the third straight day that the province of Ontario is reporting fewer than 1,000 cases. There was no official update from the province on Monday, due to the Family Day holiday, but on Tuesday, the province released both Monday and Tuesday figures, adding 964 cases on Monday and 904 cases on Tuesday, though officials note that cases may fluctuate due to data migration at Toronto Public Health. The province reported 30 cases in Ottawa on Tuesday. Figures from Ontario often differ from OPH s because of different data collection times.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting 45 more people have tested positive for COVID-19. Sunday s COVID-19 dashboard update brings Ottawa s total number of COVID-19 cases to 13,948 since the pandemic began, No new deaths were reported on Sunday. OPH says 432 residents of Ottawa have died of COVID-19. The province reported 49 new cases of COVID-19 in the city on Sunday. Figures between the two levels often differ because of different data collection times. Ontario is also reporting that Ottawa has seen a total of seven cases of the B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant and one case of the B.1.351 variant, up from five cases and one case, respectively, on Saturday. Data corrections or updates can result in case records being removed and/or updated and may result in totals differing from past publicly reported case counts, the province advises.