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COVID-19: Ottawa hospital ICUs at 74% capacity, health unit says

COVID-19 cases on Thursday as the rate of coronavirus hospitalizations in the city remains high.There are currently 121 Ottawa residents in hospital with COVID-19, according to OPH, 35 of whom are in the intensive care unit.While the health unit’s COVID-19 dashboard doesn’t include information on COVID-19 patients transferred from out of town, it shows that 93 per cent of acute care beds and 74 per cent of all ICU beds across Ottawa’s health-care system are currently occupied.More than a third of the city’s ventilators are currently in use for the most affected patients.COVID-19 case counts continue to drop off this week, as OPH reports 2,149 cases are currently considered active, roughly 1,000 fewer than this time last week.Dr.

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COVID-19: Ottawa mayor calls for crackdown on park gatherings

COVID-19 stay-home order over the weekend.Among the disturbances was a stabbing in the area of Mooney’s Bay Park around 6 p.m. on Saturday night.Ottawa police confirmed to Global News they responded to a call in the 2900 block of Riverside Drive that evening and located a 17-year-old boy who had been stabbed.

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Ottawa sees record new COVID-19 cases, spike in variants of concern

COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) spiked in Ottawa over the past 24 hours as the city’s public health unit reports a series of troubling new figures in the novel coronavirus pandemic.Ottawa Public Health reported 242 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, the highest single-day increase in new cases locally.

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COVID-19: Not enough vaccine supply for all aged 50+ in Ottawa ‘hot spot’ neighbourhoods to book appointments

COVID-19 vaccine supply will not be sufficient for everyone aged 50 or older living in “hot spot” neighbourhoods to book an appointment through the provincial system on Friday.The Ontario government earlier this week unveiled a list of neighbourhoods dubbed high priorities for COVID-19 vaccinations, which in Ottawa includes postal codes starting with K1T, K1V and K2V.But Ottawa’s vaccine distribution task force had already been limiting the number of vaccine appointments it had open for booking up until April 30, given the constrained supply of vaccine doses flowing into the city.The city is warning that some people who are now eligible to book a vaccine could be disappointed.“There is not enough vaccine supply to allow everyone aged 50 and

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Ottawa’s COVID-19 positivity rate hits 8.8%

COVID-19 positivity rate is hitting troubling highs on Wednesday as the province prepares to introduce new restrictions to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.Ottawa Public Health reported an increase of 196 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, raising the total number of cases locally to 18,632 since the start of the pandemic.One additional person has died in connection with COVID-19, raising the death toll of the pandemic to 470. Ottawa booking new vaccine appointments for 60+ up to April 30 The number of active COVID-19 cases in Ottawa stands at 1,926 as of Wednesday.The percentage of coronavirus tests coming back positive in the past week has jumped to 8.8 per cent as of Wednesday, up from 7.8 per cent in the previous period.

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Ottawa adds 176 COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations climb

COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.Ottawa Public Health says there are currently 1,852 active cases of COVID-19 in the city. Ottawa’s top doc says COVID-19 in schools ‘manageable’, but leaves door open for online shift One additional person has died from COVID-19, OPH says, raising Ottawa’s death toll of the pandemic to 469.OPH has so far identified 610 COVID-19 cases flagged as variants of concern, with five deaths connected to these cases.The number of people in hospital locally with COVID-19 has hit 56 as of Tuesday.

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Ottawans aged 60-plus able to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments on Wednesday

expanding the availability of COVID-19 vaccine appointments to all Ottawa residents aged 60 and older as of Wednesday.Any Ottawa resident born in 1961 or earlier across the city can book their vaccine at a community clinic via the provincial system on Wednesday, lowering the age cap for vaccinations to 60 from 70.Ottawa had temporarily suspended new bookings via the provincial system last week after all slots up until April 7 had been filled, but appointments were reopened over the weekend.Those aged 55 and up can also book appointments at one of 34 pharmacies as part of the pilot program expanded to the city this past weekend.Meanwhile, residents aged 50 and older who live in certain high-risk areas of Ottawa are also being prioritized for

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COVID-19: New Ottawa Public Health data shows progress of local vaccine campaign

COVID-19 dashboard from Ottawa Public Health is giving a glimpse at progress in the city’s biggest mass-vaccination campaign to date.OPH’s new dashboard shows that 105,354 Ottawa residents have received a COVID-19 vaccine as of Wednesday, with 24,698 of those people having gotten their second dose.This means roughly 12 per cent of eligible Ottawa residents aged 16 and older have so far received their initial jab, while three per cent are considered fully vaccinated.

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COVID-19 hospitalizations surging in Ottawa

COVID-19 in Ottawa continues to climb as the provincial hospital association warns the capacity of Ontario’s health-care system will be increasingly strained as coronavirus levels rise.There are now 40 people in hospital with COVID-19 locally, according to the latest update from Ottawa Public Health, three more than the day before. Roughly a third of those people are in the intensive care unit.OPH’s COVID-19 dashboard shows 95 per cent of acute care beds are currently occupied across the city’s health-care system.

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Ottawa COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations jump over the weekend

COVID-19 levels in Ottawa continue to climb on Monday, with a jump in new cases and other key metrics in the novel coronavirus pandemic.Ottawa Public Health reported 184 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, following increases of 126 cases on Sunday and 133 cases on Saturday. The seven-day average of new cases in the city now stands at 115.9 per day, according to OPH.The total number of coronavirus cases during the pandemic has now surpassed 17,000 locally.

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Ottawa adds 151 coronavirus cases on anniversary of 1st COVID-19 death

Novel coronavirus cases spiked in Ottawa on Thursday as the city marks one year since the first death tied to COVID-19.Ottawa Public Health is reporting a jump of 151 COVID-19 cases in its latest daily report.The latest jump is well above the previous seven-day average of 83 cases per day. Ottawa COVID-19 positivity rate up to 4.2% as wastewater signal trends down There are now 817 active COVID-19 cases in Ottawa, according to OPH.Two additional people died in the past 24 hours, according to OPH, raising the total death toll in the first year of the pandemic to 459.

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Mayor Watson pushing province for COVID-19 vaccines in Ottawa pharmacies

COVID-19 vaccination rollout in more pharmacies across Ontario.Jim Watson told reporters Wednesday afternoon that he and Keith Egli, chair of the Ottawa Board of Health, sent a letter to the province’s health minister asking for Ottawa pharmacies to get shipments of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for distribution locally.He said he had heard “rumblings” through informal discussions with provincial officials that three Ottawa pharmacies could be added to the distribution campaign, but added that the city would need “dozens more.”Watson said that pharmacies and primary-care physicians will need to play a meaningful role in the vaccine rollout locally, given Ottawa’s geographic size relative to more densely populated regions to the south.

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Ottawa COVID-19 positivity rate up to 4.2% as wastewater signal trends down

coronavirus positivity rate is back up to highs seen at the start of 2021 as data from the city’s wastewater system shows COVID-19 levels could be dropping.Ottawa Public Health reported 80 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday but no new deaths related to the virus. Ottawa moves to fix issues arising from Ontario vaccine booking system The city’s percent positivity, meanwhile, rose to 4.2 per cent in the past week.

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Ottawa reports 64 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death

Coronavirus monitoring metrics remained steady in Ottawa on Tuesday as the city’s public health unit reported an increase of 64 COVID-19 cases and one new death related to the virus.There have now been 16,252 cases of the novel coronavirus locally since the start of the pandemic and 457 deaths related to COVID-19.The number of active cases of the virus dipped slightly to 755 on Tuesday.While the latest report from Ottawa Public Health is lower than daily case counts in the past few days, Tuesdays typically see lower numbers of new reported infections following reduced testing volumes over the weekend.The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases remained at roughly 83 per day as of Tuesday.There are currently 25 people in hospital with

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COVID-19: Ottawa Public Health reports 81 new coronavirus cases, 2 deaths

coronavirus case count continues to climb as the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps through the province.Ottawa Public Health reported 81 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, following increases of 86 cases on Sunday and 107 cases on Saturday.There have now been 16,188 cases of the novel coronavirus locally since the start of the pandemic with 759 of those cases now considered active.

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COVID-19: Ottawa to finish 2nd vaccine doses in retirement homes on Saturday

coronavirus vaccinations in retirement homes over the weekend as the province prepares to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to anyone aged 75 and older starting Monday.Mayor Jim Watson tweeted a memo from staff Friday afternoon indicating that all residents of the 82 retirement homes in Ottawa will have been offered their second dose of the vaccine by the end of the day on Saturday.Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Friday morning that the province’s timeline for vaccinations has moved up and it will start offering vaccine appointments to anyone in the province age 75 and older starting Monday.Ottawa’s community vaccination clinics, which started opening a week ago, have now administered 3,700 initial doses of the vaccine.Two vaccination clinics

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Ottawa likely moving to Ontario’s COVID-19 red zone within the week: Dr. Etches

COVID-19 in Ottawa will likely warrant a shift from the orange-restrict level to the red-control zone on Ontario’s reopening framework in the coming days, the city’s top doctor said Tuesday.Dr. Vera Etches said that multiple COVID-19 monitoring indicators in the nation’s capital have been firmly in the red zone for numerous days now.

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Spiking COVID-19 cases put Ottawa into possible red zone territory

COVID-19 cases over the weekend has put Ottawa’s coronavirus metrics close or within the province’s red zone territory.Ottawa Public Health reported 75 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, following increases of 68 cases on Sunday and 94 cases on Saturday.The number of active COVID-19 cases in Ottawa rose to 626 on Monday from 611 the day before.

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All Ottawa residents could receive 1st COVID-19 vaccine dose by summer: Hospital CEO

The Ottawa Hospital projects every resident of the nation’s capital could get a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by the summer if current supply trends are sustained.The bold prediction came Thursday as Cameron Love reflected on a year of struggles and resilience within Ottawa’s health-care system during the COVID-19 pandemic, which began locally on March 11, 2020.While the city has seen more than 15,000 COVID-19 cases and nearly 450 deaths related to the novel coronavirus to date, Love told Global News that stabilizing vaccine supply chains could see the city hit a significant milestone in its local vaccination campaign in the next three-to-four months.Ottawa will have the capacity to vaccinate 10,000 people per day, Love estimated, once

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Ottawa adds 79 COVID-19 cases to mark 1 year of the coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19 on Thursday, one year after the first case of the novel coronavirus was confirmed in the city.The city has seen 15,338 cases of COVID-19 since March 11, 2020, when health officials announced a man in his 40s had tested positive for the virus after returning from a trip to Austria.That day coincided with the World Health Organization declaring the novel coronavirus a global pandemic. Thursday, flags at Ottawa City Hall are lowered to half-mast as part of a national day of mourning for those lost to the disease.

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Coronavirus: 2 deaths, 52 COVID-19 cases reported in Ottawa

COVID-19 indicators are dropping in Ottawa as the city prepares to mark one year of the novel coronavirus pandemic.Ottawa Public Health reported 52 new cases of the virus on Wednesday, raising the total number of COVID-19 cases locally to 15,259.Some key viral indicators in Ottawa that were approaching the threshold for the red-control zone on Ontario’s reopening framework appear to be reversing course.The coronavirus incidence rate in Ottawa is now down to 35.6 cases per 100,000 people from 36.8 cases on Tuesday, moving the city further from the 40 infections per 100,000 that warrants a shift into the red.The city’s coronavirus positivity rate is also down slightly to 2.1 per cent in the past week.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for

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Dr. Etches watching COVID-19 levels in Ottawa ‘very carefully’

COVID-19 levels in the nation’s capital hover along the threshold to move the city into Ontario’s red zone on the coronavirus reopening framework.Ottawa Public Health added 40 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday with the number of active cases holding relatively steady at 512.One additional person has died in connection with COVID-19 in Ottawa, raising the city’s death toll of the pandemic to 444.

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Ottawa adds 57 new COVID-19 cases as wastewater viral levels spike

novel coronavirus in Ottawa’s sewage system are surging towards highs not seen since the city’s second wave hit last fall as researchers are starting to detect COVID-19 variants in the capital’s wastewater.Ottawa Public Health reported 57 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, following increases of 56 cases on Sunday and 55 cases on Saturday.There have now been 15,167 cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa since the start of the pandemic, with 513 of those cases now considered active.

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Coronavirus: Ottawa adds 80 new COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 cases on Thursday, pushing key coronavirus indicators in the city closer to the threshold of Ontario’s red zone.There have now been 14,950 cases of COVID-19 locally since the start of the pandemic, with 517 of those cases currently considered active.One additional person has died in connection with COVID-19 in Ottawa, raising the city’s death toll of the pandemic to 442 as of Thursday. Ottawa to start administering COVID-19 vaccines in shelters The seven-day average of new coronavirus infections in Ottawa now stands at 58.3, up from 52.7 at the start of the week.Ottawa’s incidence rate of COVID-19 is now at 38.7 cases per 100,000 residents.

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Coronavirus: Up to 83 COVID-19 variant cases identified in Ottawa, Dr. Etches says

Novel coronavirus variants of concern could be much wider spread in Ottawa than provincial COVID-19 data shows, according to the city’s medical officer of health.Dr. Vera Etches said in a press conference on Wednesday that while the number of COVID-19 variant cases confirmed via genetic sequencing in Ottawa remains at 10, screening for these mutated strains has shown 73 additional cases that are “likely” to be confirmed as one of the variants of concern.This would bring the total number of COVID-19 variant cases in the nation’s capital to 83.

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COVID-19 hospitalizations jump in Ottawa amid 54 new coronavirus cases

COVID-19 in Ottawa jumped up Tuesday, according to the local public unit’s latest daily report on the novel coronavirus pandemic.Ottawa Public Health reported 54 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, raising the city’s total number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 14,824. The number of active COVID-19 cases sits at 501 as of Tuesday.The seven-day average of new coronavirus cases in Ottawa rose to 55.7 cases per day on Tuesday, up from 52.7 the day before.

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Coronavirus: Ottawa adds 65 COVID-19 cases, passes 50K vaccine injections

COVID-19 vaccine doses it has administered as coronavirus case counts continue to climb in the city.Ottawa Public Health’s COVID-19 dashboard shows the city has administered 50,508 doses of the COVID-19 to date, having handed out an additional 1,383 injections over the past weekend.The city has so far received 61,820 doses of COVID-19 vaccine and plans to start administering shots to residents aged 80 and older in six neighbourhoods in the city experiencing high rates of the virus on Friday.

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Ottawa adds 56 COVID-19 cases ahead of provincial decision on coronavirus restrictions

COVID-19 monitoring indicators appear stable as the city awaits a provincial decision on whether or not to tighten coronavirus reopening restrictions in the nation’s capital.Ottawa Public Health reported 56 new cases of the virus on Friday and no new deaths related to COVID-19.There have now been 14,588 total cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa since the start of the pandemic with 486 cases currently considered active.The seven-day average of new cases remained steady at 52 per day as of Friday.Dr.

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The Ottawa Hospital to produce COVID-19 vaccines for clinical trials

The Ottawa Hospital will produce three candidate novel coronavirus vaccines ahead of their clinical trials, providing what could be a critical function for Canada’s long-term fight against COVID-19 and other pandemics down the line.The local hospital’s research institute announced this week that it will manufacture Edmonton-based Entos Pharmaceuticals’ Covigenix vaccine candidate ahead of Stage 1 clinical trials. The Ottawa Hospital said it also has deals in place to manufacture two other undisclosed vaccines, but details of those candidates will come at a later date.

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Rapid tests in Ottawa schools found no COVID-19 cases last weekend: OPH

coronavirus testing in Ottawa schools found zero cases among more than 1,000 staff, students and family members, the local public health unit says.Ottawa Public Health has partnered with local schools and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario to provide rapid antigen testing at community clinics for the past four weekends looking for asymptomatic cases of COVID-19.OPH selects schools in neighbourhoods with higher COVID-19 rates for the testing, and sometimes includes those with symptoms, high-risk contacts of cases as well as family members of staff and students. Ottawa school board chair urges Ontario ministers to vaccinate teachers, staff against COVID-19 At the most recent clinic, held at St.

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Coronavirus: ‘Real possibility’ Ottawa moves to red zone next week, Etches says

coronavirus restrictions less than two weeks after emerging from a province-wide lockdown.Dr. Vera Etches said in a presentation to Ottawa city council on Wednesday morning that COVID-19 trends in the nation’s capital are moving in the wrong direction and the province could act as soon as next week to impose tighter restrictions on the city under the colour-coded reopening framework.“We are not heading towards yellow.

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Coronavirus: Ottawa will start vaccinating seniors aged 80-plus on March 5 via pop-up sites

coronavirus vaccines to residents aged 80 and up in neighbourhoods with the highest rates of COVID-19 transmission on March 5, according to the head of the local vaccine distribution task force.Anthony Di Monte said in an update to city council Wednesday morning that the city will begin vaccinating the most at-risk Ottawa residents outside health-care and congregate care settings via pop-up clinics in neighbourhoods hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19: Ottawa school board chair urges Ontario ministers to vaccinate teachers, staff

COVID-19 vaccine rollout.In a letter sent to Health Minister Christine Elliott and Education Minister Stephen Lecce last week, OCDSB chair Lynn Scott highlighted the “tireless” work teachers and other staff have done to keep kids safe in the classroom so far during the coronavirus pandemic.To keep kids safe and keep classes running, Scott wrote that making vaccinations available to education workers should be paramount.

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New COVID-19 outbreak declared at Ottawa shelter: OPH

novel coronavirus pandemic continues to hit Ottawa’s shelter system hard with another local organization reporting an outbreak of COVID-19.A new coronavirus outbreak was declared at an undisclosed shelter as of Monday, where Ottawa Public Health reports three clients and one staff member have tested positive for the virus.This raises the number of ongoing outbreaks affecting local shelters to five.

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Coronavirus restrictions: Ottawa COVID-19 indicators approaching red zone

coronavirus restrictions in place, according to worrying epidemiological trends documented by the local public health unit.Ottawa Public Health (OPH) reported 55 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, following increases of 80 cases on Sunday and 53 on Saturday.One additional person has also died locally in connection with COVID-19, according to OPH, raising the city’s death toll of the pandemic to 437.The number of active cases in Ottawa is up to 477 compared with 439 as of Friday.The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in Ottawa is up to 56 as of Monday, compared with roughly 50 cases per day on Friday.Ottawa moved back into the orange-restrict designation under Ontario’s COVID-19 reopening framework last Tuesday, but many of the city’s

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Ottawa receives fresh batch of COVID-19 vaccines as some coronavirus metrics tick up

COVID-19 monitoring indicators in Ottawa are higher as of Friday than they were a week ago, according to the local public health unit, which also provided an update on the city’s coronavirus vaccination campaign.Ottawa Public Health reported an increase of 65 new coronavirus cases on Friday.There have now been 14,216 total cases of the virus locally since the start of the pandemic, with 439 of those cases considered active. That’s up from 417 active cases a week ago, though figures have generally floated around that mark all week.

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Coronavirus: Ottawa adds 46 COVID-19 cases, 1 new death

novel coronavirus and one death related to COVID-19 on Thursday.There have now been 14,151 confirmed cases of the virus locally since the start of the pandemic, with 445 of those cases now considered active.The city’s death toll of the pandemic is now up to 435 as of Thursday.The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in Ottawa still stands at roughly 48 per day.

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Ottawa adds 67 coronavirus infections, active COVID-19 cases up

COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as the city’s coronavirus vaccination campaign continues to inch forward.There were no new deaths related to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, according to OPH, leaving the city’s death toll of the pandemic at 434. Ontario reports 847 new coronavirus cases, 10 more deaths There was no change to the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 and no new outbreaks added to OPH’s dashboard on Wednesday.

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Ottawa administers 40K coronavirus vaccine doses

novel coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the nation’s capital to date.The local public health unit’s vaccine tracker on its COVID-19 dashboard shows 40,013 total doses of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines have now been administered locally.This surpasses OPH’s stated total of 39,100 doses received, but that figure is based on an assumption of five doses per vial of the Pfizer vaccine, whereas updated labels state each vial could contain six doses.Ottawa finished its first round of vaccinations in high-risk retirement homes last week.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Meanwhile, OPH reported 31 new cases of the coronavirus and one death linked to COVID-19 on Tuesday.

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Coronavirus: Ottawa moving back to orange on Ontario’s COVID-19 framework Tuesday

COVID-19 reopening framework on Tuesday, the province announced Friday.Non-essential retailers will be able to welcome customers back into their stores and limited indoor dining can resume in the city under the orange designation.Other areas of eastern Ontario, including Kingston and Renfrew County, re-entered the province’s framework on Wednesday in the least-restrictive green category. Coronavirus — 3 Ontario regions moving out of lockdown, into green level Wednesday Ottawa was in the orange tier of the province’s framework ever since the colour-coded system was introduced, but the city has been under provincewide COVID-19 lockdown since Dec.

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Coronavirus: Ottawa adds 56 COVID-19 cases, 5 new outbreaks

COVID-19 cases on Thursday as the city’s shelters continue to face troubling coronavirus outbreaks.There have now been 13,815 cases of the novel coronavirus in Ottawa, with 413 of those cases considered active — up slightly from figures on Wednesday.While Thursday’s case count is the largest single-day increase so far this week in Ottawa, the city’s seven-day average of new cases is now down to 46 per day from 51 cases per day at the start of the week.

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Ottawa adds 25 new COVID-19 cases, 1st case of South Africa variant confirmed

COVID-19 on Tuesday as the city confirms its first case of a coronavirus variant originally identified in South Africa.Ottawa has now seen 13,733 cases of the novel coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, with 420 of those cases deemed active, a drop from Monday.While OPH is reporting a relatively low number of new cases in its latest report, Tuesdays tend to see the lowest additions of new cases per day following typically reduced testing volumes over the weekend. Coronavirus: Ottawa to begin reopening from COVID-19 shutdowns on Feb.

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Ottawa adds 54 COVID-19 cases, receives 1st Moderna vaccine shipment

COVID-19 vaccine, Mayor Jim Watson announced Friday.Watson tweeted Friday afternoon that the new shipment will be put to use in Ottawa retirement homes starting Sunday.News of the Moderna delivery comes the same day Ottawa will finish the second round of coronavirus vaccinations in local long-term care homes using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.More great news to share! In addition to finishing up the second round of vaccinations for LTC homes in Ottawa, we have received a shipment of the Moderna vaccine.

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Coronavirus: 2nd round of Ottawa long-term care vaccinations wrapping up Friday

COVID-19 vaccinations for residents in local long-term care homes on Friday, Mayor Jim Watson says.The milestone in Ottawa’s coronavirus vaccination campaign comes a week after long-term care residents started receiving their second doses.NEW!By the end of today our paramedic teams will have completed the second round of vaccinations at LTC homes. This is a significant milestone for our vaccination campaign.

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Coronavirus: Ottawa adds 39 COVID-19 cases, no new deaths

COVID-19 cases in the city on Thursday.There have now been 13,485 lab-confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus locally since the start of the pandemic, with 457 of those cases considered active.No new deaths related to COVID-19 were reported on Thursday, leaving the city’s death toll of the pandemic at 422.The seven-day average for new COVID-19 cases dropped to 48 per day on Thursday, down from 53 the day before.Ottawa’s coronavirus percent positivity rose to 1.9 per cent in the past week, however, up slightly from 1.8 per cent in the previous period.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The number of people with COVID-19 in hospital locally remained steady at 29 as of Thursday, with six people in the

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Ottawa adds 61 coronavirus cases, nearly 5,000 more COVID-19 vaccines

COVID-19 vaccines this week amid efforts to deliver a second dose to the city’s long-term care homes.Ottawa Public Health’s COVID-19 dashboard shows the city has received 30,225 doses of the novel coronavirus vaccine as of Wednesday, roughly 5,000 more than the previous tally. Coronavirus rapid testing begins in Ottawa schools, long-term care homes This stated total reflects an estimated inventory based on five doses per vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, but OPH notes that some administrators in the city have been able to extract a sixth dose from some vials, which could see overall jabs rise above that mark.The priority in Ottawa’s vaccination campaign has been getting second doses into residents of long-term care homes.

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Coronavirus: Ottawa adds 27 new COVID-19 infections, active cases continue to drop

novel coronavirus on Tuesday, the second consecutive day of new infections below 30 in the nation’s capital.There have now been 13,385 cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa since the start of the pandemic.Active cases in the city are now down to 516 from 599 the day before. Paid sick leave key to reducing COVID-19 spread, Ottawa Public Health says The addition of 27 new cases on Tuesday follows an increase of 22 cases on Monday.Daily reports at the start of the week tend to be lower due to reduced testing volumes over the weekend.

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Ottawa stretching city’s COVID-19 vaccine supply with 6 doses per vial

COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Ottawa has surpassed the city’s stated inventory amid efforts to extract a sixth dose from each vial, according to the local public health unit.Ottawa Public Health’s COVID-19 dashboard shows 26,337 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine have now been administered as of Monday.That surpasses the stated number of 25,350 doses so far received in Ottawa.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0