OTTAWA —
Ontario health officials are reporting 31 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Sunday.
The figure is among 1,062 new cases reported across the province, pushing Ontario past 300,000 total cases since the start of the pandemic. Ontario also reported 20 new COVID-19 related deaths and 1,029 newly resolved cases on Sunday.
Provincial officials reported no new cases of any variants of concern on Sunday. To date, Ottawa has seen eight confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 variant and one case of the B.1.351 variant.
An updated local snapshot of COVID-19 from Ottawa Public Health is due later today. Figures from Ottawa Public Health often differ from those from the province because the respective health units pull data for their daily reports at different times the previous day.
VACCINES IN OTTAWA
As of Feb. 26
- Vaccine doses administered in Ottawa (first and second shots): 49,125*
- COVID-19 doses received (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna): 61,820
A new shipment of 4,000 Moderna doses arrived in Ottawa on Feb. 25.
A new shipment of 9,360 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived in Ottawa on Feb. 22.
*OPH says staff were able to extract additional doses out of several vials, which were given to residents. In a statement on its dashboard, OPH said, “Vaccine inventory is based on an expected 5 dose per vial supply. Occasionally, an additional dose (6th dose) is successfully extracted and administered to clients.”
COVID-19 TESTING
Ontario health officials say 49,185 COVID-19 tests were completed provincewide on Saturday and there are 18,318 tests still under investigation.
The Ottawa COVID-18 Testing Taskforce does not provide local testing figures on weekends. In its most recent update Friday afternoon, the taskforce said 1,742 swabs were processed at assessment centres in Ottawa on Thursday and labs performed 6,789 tests.
The average turnaround from the time the swab is taken at a testing site to the result is 33 hours.
The next local testing update will be released on Monday, March 1.
COVID-19 CASES ACROSS THE REGION
- Eastern Ontario Health Unit: Four new cases
- Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health: One new case
- Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit: Four new cases
- Renfrew County and District Health Unit: Two new cases
- CISSS de l’Outaouais (Gatineau and western Quebec): 25 new cases
This story will be updated. CTV News Ottawa will have the latest as it becomes available.
