OTTAWA -- Seven more Ottawa residents have died due to COVID-19. Ottawa Public Health reported the new deaths in the daily Epidemiology Update on Tuesday, along with 16 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa.
Since the first case was announced on March 11, there has been 1,692 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 178 deaths.
Ottawa Public Health says the median age of the COVID-19 cases in Ottawa is 58 years-old. The youngest case involved a four-month-old child.
Statistics show 438 health care workers and first responders have tested positive for COVID-19. Recovering from COVID-19 Seventy per cent of Ottawa residents have now recovered from the virus.