Two new COVID-19 deaths, 62 new cases in Ottawa

Another two Ottawa residents have passed away after battling COVID-19, while Ottawa Public Health (OPH) says 62 new cases of the virus are being confirmed in the city.

There have been 439 deaths due to the novel coronavirus in Ottawa since March of 2020.

OPH is reporting 457 active cases of COVID-19 in the community on Thursday, February 25. There continue to be 21 people hospitalized with the virus — eight of whom are in intensive care (ICU).

Acute care hospital beds in Ottawa are again at 100 per cent capacity, according to OPH, while ICU beds are at 75 per cent, and ICU ventilator beds are 31 per cent full.

There is one new outbreak listed on OPH's COVID-19 dashboard after a staff member tested positive for the virus at Manotick Place Retirement Community. OPH says there are 23 ongoing outbreaks at healthcare institutions, four at local schools, three at childcare centres, three at workplaces and one within a community organization. 

Residents being tested for COVID-19 are seeing positive results 2.1 per cent of the time.

The city has administered 48,278 of the 57,820 COVID-19 vaccine doses it's received, to date.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been 14,532 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, of which 13,636 have been resolved.

Ontario is reporting 1,138 new cases of COVID-19, Thursday, including 20 in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit's region, two in Renfrew County and none in the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark district.