COVID-19 in Ottawa continues to decline as the local public health unit reports 23 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday.There have now been 8,278 cases of the virus locally since the start of the pandemic, with 259 of those considered active on Ottawa Public Health’s COVID-19 dashboard.
That’s down from 287 the day before.No new deaths related to COVID-19 were reported in Ottawa on Thursday.The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 in Ottawa is up slightly to 23 with three people in the intensive care unit.Three new coronavirus outbreaks were added to OPH’s dashboard on Thursday, one of which is linked to a social event in the city.