OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health is reporting 37 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa. In its daily update on novel coronavirus, the health unit says there are now 289 laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa.
Ontario’s Ministry of Health reported 281 laboratory confirmed cases in Ottawa in its 10:30 a.m. Friday update. Twenty-eight health care workers and first responders have tested positive for COVID-19 in Ottawa.
There are three lab confirmed deaths of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including two residents of the Promenade retirement residence in Orleans.
Twenty-five people are currently in hospital to be treated for COVID-19, including 10 in the Intensive Care Unit. The median age of the 289 confirmed cases in Ottawa is 48 years old.