What you need to know about COVID-19 in Ottawa on Monday, April 26 – CBC
Key updates on COVID-19 in the region
Apr 26, 2021
What’s the latest?
As pharmacies in Ottawa report shortages of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, their provincial association says pharmacists in provincial hot spots could begin administering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as soon as this week.
Some local dentists are wondering why their offers to join the vaccination effort have been ignored.
Community health centre workers, meanwhile, are drawing attention to the confusion around that rollout — and say it hurts the city’s vulnerable residents the most.
How many cases are there?
The region is in a record-breaking third wave of the pandemic that includes more dangerous coronavirus variants, pushing hospitals past their limits.
N.L. health-care workers likely heading to Ontario Tuesday
As of Sunday, 23,313 Ottawa residents have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 2,787 known active cases, 20,036 resolved cases and 490 deaths.
