This past weekend saw 23 additional people in Ottawa die of the novel coronavirus, bringing the city’s death toll in the pandemic to 171, according to the local public health unit.
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) says it identified 73 new lab-confirmed cases of the virus between Friday and Monday, raising the capital’s case total up to 1,676.
Of these cases, 68 per cent are now considered resolved. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] There are currently 22 people in hospital diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, with three people in intensive care, according to OPH data.