One new COVID-19 death reported in Ottawa Saturday
CTV
Ottawa Public Health says 45 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19 and one more person has died.
To date, OPH has reported 31,882 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the city. Saturday's reported death, a man in his 80s, brings the pandemic's death toll in Ottawa to 618 residents.
The number of known active cases fell slightly on Saturday, as did the number of COVID-19 patients on local hospitals. ICUs remained free of COVID-19 patients for a fourth straight day.
Ottawa's seven-day average for new cases is 37.1, down from 39.7 one week ago, but up from 22.0 four weeks ago.
Across the province, health officials confirmed another 854 cases of COVID-19. Two more Ontarians have died due to the virus and 580 previously reported cases are now considered resolved.
