No new COVID-19 outbreaks in Ottawa after 81 new cases confirmed city-wide
Posted Jan 28, 2021 05:27:00 PM.
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is reporting 81 new cases of COVID-19 in the city, but says there are no new outbreaks at local healthcare institutions, childcare centres, or in the community.
There are 31 ongoing outbreaks at healthcare facilities, including long-term care and retirement homes, five outbreaks at childcare centres and four community outbreaks all linked to workplaces.
The number of active cases of novel coronavirus in Ottawa is down to 703, Thursday, January 28.
OPH says there are 39 people in hospital with COVID-19 — six of whom are in intensive care.
With no new local deaths due to COVID-19, Ottawa's pandemic death toll remains at 420.
To date, 13,153 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Ottawa since March of 2020; of those, 12,030 cases have been resolved.
There are still 914 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in Ottawa which have yet to be administered. OPH says a total of 24,436 doses have been administered of the 25,350 doses the city has received. There's yet to be word on when the city will be getting its next shipment of COVID-19 vaccines.
Ontario is reporting 2,093 new cases of COVID-19, Thursday, including 30 in Eastern Ontario, seven in Leeds, Grenville and Lanark, and none in Renfrew County.
