OTTAWA -- Ottawa has reached a dubious milestone during the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 8,000 confirmed cases of the virus in the capital.
Ottawa Public Health reported 37 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, along with no new deaths.
Since the first case of COVID-19 reported on March 11, there have been 8,027 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 363 deaths.
The 37 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa is the highest one-day increase in three days. There were 22 new cases on Wednesday and 11 new cases on Tuesday.
Across Ontario, there are 1,210 new cases of COVID-19, including 361 new cases in Peel Region and 346 in Toronto.
ACTIVE CASES OF COVID-19 IN OTTAWA
The number of known active cases of COVID-19 in the City of Ottawa has fallen below 400 for the first time since mid-September.
Ottawa Public Health reports 396 active cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa.
A total 7,268 people have recovered after testing positive for COVID-19.
The number of active cases is the number of total lab-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.
HOSPITALIZATIONS IN OTTAWA
Forty-three people are admitted to an Ottawa hospital with COVID-19 related illnesses.
There are four people in the intensive care unit with COVID-19.
Of the people in hospital, one are in their 30s, two are in their 40s, Two people are in their 50s, seven are in their 60s, 12 are in their 70s, 11 are in their 80s, and eight are 90 or older.
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: Five new cases (530 cases total)
- 10-19 years-old: Four new cases (922 cases total)
- 20-29 years-old: Five new cases (1,659 cases total)
- 30-39 years-old: Five new cases (1,051 cases total)
- 40-49 years-old: Four new cases (1,017 cases total)
- 50-59 years-old: Eight new case (939 cases total)
- 60-69-years-old: Two new cases (627 cases total)
- 70-79 years-old: Three new cases (412 cases total)
- 80-89 years-old: Zero new cases (516 cases total)
- 90+ years old: Zero new cases (353 cases total)
- The age of one case of COVID-19 is unknown
COVID-19 TESTING IN OTTAWA
The Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Taskforce reports 1,613 swabs were taken at assessment centres in Ottawa on Nov. 17.
A total 3,684 lab tests were performed in Ottawa on Nov. 17.
There are 1,980 tests still in progress of being analyzed.
The average turnaround time for a high priority test in Ottawa is 14 hours.
COVID-19 CASES ACROSS THE REGION
There are eight new cases of COVID-19 in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit region.
The Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Public Health unit region is reporting three new cases.
Two new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Renfrew County.
There are no new cases of COVID-19 in the Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit.
The Quebec Government reported 22 new cases of COVID-19 in the Outaouais region, which includes Gatineau.
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 Supportive Housing – 20189 and the Montfort Hospital. The outbreak has also ended at St. Mother Theresa High School.
The schools and childcare spaces currently experiencing outbreaks are:
- Cedarview Middle School (NEW)
- Centrepointe Child Care Services HDC
- Cornerstone Children's Centre - Heatherington Nursery School
- École élémentaire catholique De La Découverte
- École élémentaire catholique Des Pionniers
- École élémentaire catholique Terre-Des-Jeunes
- École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges
- École secondaire publique Omer-Deslauriers
- Esther By Child Care Centre
- La Coccinelle - De La Découverte
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
- Carlingview Manor
- City View retirement home
- Couvent Mont St-Joseph retirement home
- Forest Hill long-term care home
- Glebe Centre
- Longfields Manor
- Maison Acceuil-Sagesse
- Montfort Long-term Care Centre
- Park Place
- Residential program – 20755
- Rooming house location
- St. Patrick's Home
- St. Louis residence
- Starwood
- Stirling Park Retirement Home
- The Ottawa Hospital Rehab Centre - Special Rehab - Ward B
- Valley Stream Retirement Home
- Waterford Retirement
- 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).
