This past weekend saw 23 additional people in Ottawa die of the novel coronavirus, bringing the city’s death toll in the pandemic to 171, according to the local public health unit.
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) says it identified 73 new lab-confirmed cases of the virus between Friday and Monday, raising the capital’s case total up to 1,676.
Of these cases, 68 per cent are now considered resolved.
There are currently 22 people in hospital diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, with three people in intensive care, according to OPH data.
Among the weekend’s fatalities was a resident at the Peter D. Clark long-term care home, the first virus-related death at a city-run care facility.
A memo from Donna Gray, the city’s general manager of community and social services, says the death strikes staff “especially hard” but that the resident’s family was able to spend time with them in their final hours.
Peter D. Clark is the worst-hit home of the city’s four long-term care facilities, with five staff and seven residents having tested positive for the virus to date.