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COVID-19: 36 cases linked to outbreak at Ottawa’s Centre D’Accueil Champlain care home

Nova Scotia is reporting 12 new cases of COVID-19 and 32 recoveries. The Canadian Press file

Editor’s note: This story has been changed to note there are no deaths related to the COVID-19 outbreak at Centre D’Acceuil Champlain.

An outbreak at a city-run long-term care home in Ottawa has led to 36 cases of COVID-19, according to the local public health unit.

The city of Ottawa said 25 staff, seven residents and four visitors have tested positive for the virus at the Centre D’Accueil Champlain.

An outbreak affecting the second and fifth floors of the care home began on May 19.

Donna Gray, the general manager of community and social services in Ottawa, confirmed in a memo to city council Wednesday evening that the B.1.1.7 variant, first detected in the United Kingdom, has been identified as part of some of the positive cases in the home.

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“At the current time, all individuals are stable,” Gray wrote in the memo.

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Gray said that some of the individuals who tested positive in connection with the outbreak are fully vaccinated.

Management continues to promote vaccine uptake among staff and OPH is planning a vaccine clinic at the home later this week, she said.

Meanwhile, OPH reported 45 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday and two deaths related to the virus.

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There are now 743 active cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa as viral levels appear to be declining in the city.

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Some 49 Ottawa residents are currently in hospital with COVID-19, 12 of whom are in the intensive care unit.

There are currently 26 ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks in the city.

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