OTTAWA -- The City of Ottawa is seeing the highest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases in more than a week.
Ottawa Public Health reported 91 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, along with one new death linked to novel coronavirus.
It's the highest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases since Nov. 1, when 132 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Ottawa. The 91 new cases comes after two straight days with case levels in the 20s.
Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa on March 11, there have been 7,725 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 350 deaths.
Public Health Ontario reported a one-day record 1,575 cases of COVID-19 across Ontario. There are 472 new cases in Toronto, 448 in Peel Region and 155 in York Region.
COVID-19 TESTING
The Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Taskforce reported 1,692 swabs were taken at assessment centres in Ottawa on Nov. 10. A total of 3,319 lab tests were performed in Ottawa.
Across Ontario, nearly 39,600 tests were performed.
HOSPITALIZATIONS IN OTTAWA
There are 59 people in an Ottawa hospital with COVID-19 related illnesses, including three in the intensive care unit.
Of the people in hospital, one is between the ages of 10 and 19, three are in their 30s, two people are in their 40s, four are in their 50s, eight are in their 60s, 13 are in their 70s, 17 are in their 80s, and eleven are 90 or older.
ACTIVE CASES OF COVID-19 IN OTTAWA
Ottawa Public Health reports there are 495 active cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, up from 490 active cases on Wednesday.
A total 6,880 people recovered after testing positive for COVID-19.
The number of active cases is the number of total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 minus the numbers of resolved cases and deaths. A case is considered resolved 14 days after known symptom onset or positive test result.
CASES OF COVID-19 IN OTTAWA BY AGE CATEGORY
Here is a breakdown of all known COVID-19 cases in Ottawa by age category:
- 0-9 years old: 10 new cases (502 cases total)
- 10-19 years-old: 17 new cases (882 cases total)
- 20-29 years-old: 14 new cases (1,585 cases total)
- 30-39 years-old: Six new cases (1,020 cases total)
- 40-49 years-old: 12 new case (982 cases total)
- 50-59 years-old: 11 new cases (907 cases total)
- 60-69-years-old: Nine new case2 (608 cases total)
- 70-79 years-old: Two new cases (396 cases total)
- 80-89 years-old: Five new cases (500 cases total)
- 90+ years old: Two new cases (340 cases total)
- The ages of three cases of COVID-19 is unknown
COVID-19 CASES ACROSS THE REGION
Twelve new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit Region.
The Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Public Health unit reported two new cases.
There are two new cases in the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit.
INSTITUTIONAL OUTBREAKS
Ottawa Public Health is reporting COVID-19 outbreaks at 32 institutions in Ottawa, including long-term care homes, retirement homes, daycares, hospitals and schools.
The COVID-19 outbreaks are over at Riverpath Retirement, Innovative Community Support Services and the Ottawa Hospital – General Campus 6W. The outbreak is also over at the Ottawa Islamic School.
The schools and childcare spaces currently experiencing outbreaks are:
- Cornerstone Children's Centre - Heatherington Nursery School
- École élémentaire catholique Des Pionniers
- École secondaire publique Louis Riel
- École secondaire publique Omer-Deslauriers
- St. Mother Teresa High School
- St. Mother Teresa High School (2)*
- St. Patrick School
*NOTE: There are two ongoing but unrelated COVID-19 outbreaks declared at St. Mother Teresa High School.
The long-term care homes, retirement homes, hospitals, and other spaces currently experiencing outbreaks are:
- Alta Vista Manor
- Beacon Heights retirement home
- Bridlewood Trails Retirement Home
- Garden Terrace
- Glebe Centre
- Hôpital Montfort 4C Med
- Longfields Manor
- Lord Lansdowne retirement home
- Maison Acceuil-Sagesse
- Medex
- Park Place
- Robertson House
- Rockcliffe Retirement
- Rooming house location
- Shelter location
- Sisters of Charity retirement home
- St. Patrick's Home
- St. Vincent Hospital (3 South)
- Starwood
- Stirling Park Retirement Home
- Supportive Housing location
- The Ottawa Hospital Rehab Centre - Special Rehab - Ward B
- The Ravines
- Valley Stream Retirement Home
- West End Villa
A single laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 in a resident or staff member of a long-term care home, retirement home or shelter triggers an outbreak response, according to Ottawa Public Health. In childcare settings, a single confirmed, symptomatic case in a staff member, home daycare provider, or child triggers an outbreak.
Under provincial guidelines, a COVID-19 outbreak in a school is defined as two or more lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in students and/or staff in a school with an epidemiological link, within a 14-day period, where at least one case could have reasonably acquired their infection in the school (including transportation and before or after school care).
