People tested for the novel coronavirus in Ottawa are now waiting up to seven days before receiving their results, the city’s public health unit says.
Local health officials are working to improve those wait times, Dr. Vera Etches, Ottawa’s medical officer of health, said in a teleconference on Tuesday.
So far, the province of Ontario has confirmed 27 cases of COVID-19 in the national capital. Ottawa Public Health (OPH) reports its figures separately and, as of Tuesday morning, was investigating 25 confirmed cases of the virus, plus 13 indeterminate cases.
Health officials are asking people who have been tested for COVID-19 in Ottawa not to call the public health agency about their test results.