Two COVID-19 deaths reported in Ottawa, one at New Edinburgh Square
Posted Oct 1, 2020 04:27:00 PM.
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Ottawa Public Health (OPH) says two more residents have died due to COVID-19, one of which lived at Chartwell's New Edinburgh Square retirement home.
It's the first death linked to the virus at the facility, which has dealt with 10 total cases of COVID-19 (six residents, four staff) since August 31.
The outbreak at West End Villa has been the deadliest of the novel coronavirus' 'second wave' by far, killing 15 residents. OPH has recorded another two deaths at St. Vincent Hospital. West End Villa has seen 70 resident cases of COVID-19 and 35 staff cases since August 30.
Ottawa's COVID-19 death toll since March is now at 289.
The public health agency says there are 48 institutional outbreaks across Ottawa as of Thursday — nine of which are in schools. That total is actually down one from Wednesday as a small outbreak at Riverview Development Services ended. It had seen one resident and four staff members contract COVID-19 between September 11 and September 30.
Meanwhile, OPH reported 66 new cases of COVID-19 in the city, Thursday.
It knows of 677 active cases of the virus in the community.
There are 17 residents hospitalized woith COVID-19 — three in intensive care.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been 4,388 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa with 3,422 of those resolved.
