Ottawa’s public health unit said it identified 21 new cases of novel coronavirus on Thursday as the nation’s capital slowly begins opening up from its pandemic shutdown.

The local count of lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, now stands at 1,579, according to Ottawa Public Health (OPH) data.

Two more people have also died in relation to the virus, OPH confirmed Thursday, bringing Ottawa’s death toll to 141. One of those people, Global News has learned, was a health-care worker at Madonna Care Community, a long-term care facility in Orleans.

A statement from the facility identified the worker as a man, but did not give any other identifying details. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest

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