OTTAWA -- A 14th person has died in Ottawa due to COVID-19 complications. Ottawa Public Health announced one new death linked to novel coronavirus in its daily COVID-19 Epidemiology update on Thursday.
Thirty-five new cases of COVID-19 were also announced. There are 678 laboratory confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in the capital.
The median age of COVID-19 cases is 48 years old. There was a case involving a one-year-old child. Ottawa Public Health says 96 health care workers and first responders have tested positive for COVID-19.
According to the report, there are 43 people currently being treated in hospital for COVID-19, including 17 in the intensive care unit. One quarter of cases linked to community transmission Ottawa Public