OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health is reporting 48 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19 and one more person has died.
The updated figures differ only slightly from the 45 new cases reported by Public Health Ontario out of more than 1,900 provincewide. The province also added 23 new deaths and 1,535 resolved cases on Monday.
Public Health Ontario's daily figures have differed from Ottawa Public Health's daily updates this month. OPH said it is aligning its database with the province's which is creating some discrepancies.
Ottawa Public Health's COVID-19 dashboard says there have been 9,105 total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the city since the pandemic began. Public Health Ontario's report shows 9,111.
OPH says figures from the local public health unit are considered the most up-to-date.
One new death was reported in Ottawa, bringing the city's pandemic death toll to 386.
Ottawa remains in the "Orange-Restrict" level under the provincial reopening framework. Ottawa moved into the restriction level on Nov. 7.
The "Orange-Restrict" level is for areas with a weekly rate of new cases per 100,000 people of between 25 and 39.9, a positivity rate between 1.3 per cent and 2.4 per cent and a reproduction number of 1 to 1.1.
Here is where Ottawa stands on those metrics currently:
The "Yellow-Protect" level requires a weekly rate of new cases per 100,000 people of between 10 and 24.9, a positivity rate between 0.5 per cent and 1.2 per cent and a reproduction number of "approximately 1", according to the province.
The number of known active cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa held steady on Monday as a near-equal number of recoveries was also reported.
There are 388 people in Ottawa with active cases of COVID-19, no change since Sunday.
OPH reported 47 additional resolved cases, bringing the city's number of resolved cases to 8,331.
The number of active cases of COVID-19 is the number of total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 minus the numbers of resolved cases and deaths. A case is considered resolved 14 days after known symptom onset or positive test result.
The number of people in Ottawa hospitals with COVID-19 complications fell slightly on Monday to 23, from 24 on Sunday.
There are two people in intensive care.
Of the people in hospital, one is in their 20s, one is in their 30s (this person is in the ICU), one is in their 40s, one is in their 50s, five are in their 60s, seven are in their 70s, and seven are in their 80s (one in the ICU).
Here is a breakdown of all known COVID-19 cases in Ottawa by age category:
Public Health Ontario says 57,091 COVID-19 tests were performed across Ontario on Sunday and 32,045 tests remained under investigation.
The Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Taskforce's next update is due this afternoon.
In its most recent update on Dec. 11, the taskforce said 1,736 swabs were taken at assessment centres in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 10 and 4,020 laboratory tests were performed.
The average turnaround from the time the swab is taken at a testing site to the result was 36 hours.
Public Health Ontario is reporting the following:
The Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit has officially moved to the "Yellow-Protect" level under the province's COVID-19 framework. The Eastern Ontario Health Unit has moved to the "Orange-Restrict" level.
The Quebec government announced 23 new cases of COVID-19 in the Outaouais region, which includes Gatineau.
Ottawa Public Health is reporting COVID-19 outbreaks at 19 institutions in Ottawa, including long-term care homes, retirement homes, daycares, hospitals and schools.
The outbreak at the Couvent Mont-Saint-Joseph has ended with a single staff case.
No new outbreaks were declared on Monday.
There are three active community outbreaks, all linked to unidentified workplaces.
The schools and childcare spaces currently experiencing outbreaks are:
The long-term care homes, retirement homes, hospitals, and other spaces currently experiencing outbreaks are:
A single laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 in a resident or staff member of a long-term care home, retirement home or shelter triggers an outbreak response, according to Ottawa Public Health. In childcare settings, a single confirmed, symptomatic case in a staff member, home daycare provider, or child triggers an outbreak.
Under provincial guidelines, a COVID-19 outbreak in a school is defined as two or more lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in students and/or staff in a school with an epidemiological link, within a 14-day period, where at least one case could have reasonably acquired their infection in the school (including transportation and before or after school care).