Indoor hockey practice in Ottawa leads to 89 positive cases of COVID-19
Posted Dec 18, 2020 02:40:00 PM.
An indoor hockey practice that was a source of community transmission of COVID-19 has finally stopped spreading, two months later.
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) says it started when one person, who was asymptomatic, went to a hockey practice in the middle of October.
The virus spread, and has since resulted in 89 positive cases, 445 high risk contacts and weeks of stress.
The sports cluster reported in November has resulted in 89 cases & 445 high risk contacts. When we say “be #COVIDwise“, this is why. These are real people (parents, students, etc) whose lives were impacted by actions that were avoidable (see the list below). Our. Actions. Matter. pic.twitter.com/LgKK6t7TvJ
— Ottawa Public Health (@ottawahealth) December 18, 2020
It also led to four outbreaks in schools, one outbreak at a daycare and impacted 10 sports teams.
OPH is outlining that the actions of each individual resident matters, and it's important to remain COVIDwise.
