COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ottawa drop to single digits Sunday

Ottawa Public Health says another 55 people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19. There are fewer than 10 people in hospital with an active case.

To date, OPH has tallied 32,278 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa residents since the pandemic began. No new deaths were reported in Ottawa on Sunday, leaving the pandemic death toll at 618 people.

The number of known active cases is above 400.

The city's rolling seven-day average is 45.6, up from 40.9 one week ago and up from 34.0 four weeks ago.

Public health officials confirmed 1,184 new infections across all of Ontario on Sunday, the highest one-day figure since May 28. No new deaths were reported in the province.