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.
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Premier Doug Ford said Monday he is moving up the deadline to vaccinate all seniors in long-term care homes in Ontario to Feb. 5 as the province saw its daily case numbers of COVID-19 drop below 2,000 for the first time since Dec. 28.
Ontario recorded 1,958 cases – down sharply from 2,417 Sunday and 43 deaths for a total of 5,847 deaths since the pandemic began.
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The original deadline to immunize seniors was Feb. 15 as called for by Ford to protect the most vulnerable segment of the province’s population.
OTTAWA COVID-19 trends in Ottawa continue to show improvement following a lower case count on Sunday. Ottawa Public Health reported 76 more people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19, a lower figure than the 92 new cases reported on Saturday. The number of active cases continues to fall, as does the weekly per capita rate. OPH also reported no new deaths in Ottawa for the first time since Jan. 16. There were 17 COVID-19 related deaths reported in Ottawa from Jan. 17 to Jan. 23. In all, 419 residents of Ottawa have died since the start of the pandemic. Ontario health officials are reporting 99 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Sunday, but the gap between the two health authorities is closing.