COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, has claimed the life of a third person in Ottawa, the local public health unit said Tuesday.
The last two people to have died from the virus both lived at the Promenade retirement residence on Rossignol Drive in Orléans and were in their 80s, Ottawa Public Health officials said in a daily teleconference call with reporters.
The first death linked to COVID-19 in Ottawa — a man in his 90s who lived at home — was reported on March 25, while the second death was reported on Monday.
Ottawa Public Health said Tuesday there are 144 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the city. That’s an increase of 14 cases from the figures reported on Monday. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest