Ottawa officially reaches 750 recorded COVID-19 related deaths
Posted Mar 7, 2022 06:22:00 PM.
Ottawa’s COVID-19 death toll has reached a grim milestone with a recorded 750 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
According to Ottawa Public Health’s (OPH) report for Monday, March 7, one new death was confirmed and involved a person in their 80s.
Hospitalizations increased with three new patients in hospital, bringing the total up to 13.
ICUs remain empty, however.
Active cases did see a drop to 875, from Sunday’s 900.
And in the last 24 hours, 93 cases have cleared.
New daily reported cases came in at 69, down from Sunday’s 97.
While two ongoing outbreaks at healthcare institutions have ended, one new outbreak was reported — this brings the total number of ongoing outbreaks to 13.
The rate per 100,000 residents stands at 70.8, while the positivity rate in the city continues to stay at 13.9 per cent.
Public Health Ontario has the Eastern Ontario Health Unit reporting 11 new cases in the area, down from Sunday's 21.
The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit has 15 new cases, compared to Sunday's 14.
And the Renfrew County and District Health Unit has eight new cases, down from yesterday's 16.
Ontario is reporting fewer than 700 COVID-19 hospitalizations for the second day in a row as numbers continue a downward trend.
Health officials are reporting 693 people in hospital with the virus on Monday.
There are 1,074 new cases of COVID-19, however, health officials have warned the daily case counts are not accurate due to limited testing capacity in Ontario. Monday’s case count is the lowest reported since testing restrictions began in late December.
There were 9,447 tests completed in the last 24-hour period for a test positivity rate of 11.8 per cent.
There are 249 people in ICU, up slightly from 247 the previous day.
The province is also reporting four additional deaths from the virus.
According to provincial vaccine data, 92.7 per cent of residents 12 years and older have at least one dose and 90.6 per cent are double dosed.
