OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health is reporting the first death in a retirement home in Ottawa linked to COVID-19. Medical Officer of Health Dr.
Vera Etches told reporters a resident at the Promenade Retirement Residence in Orleans died after testing positive for novel coronavirus.
No other details about the case were released. Ottawa Public Health is investigating COVID-19 outbreaks at two long-term care homes in Ottawa: Promenade Retirement Residence in Orleans and Maplewood Retirement Community on Industrial Avenue.
Dr. Etches says there are five confirmed cased of COVID-19 at the Promenade Retirement Residence. Dr. Etches says the number of cases at Maplewood Retirement Community is still being determined.