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LThe second wave continues to hit hard in Outaouais, as these additions raise the number of deaths from the pandemic reported in the last six regional reports to ten.
One of the two most recent victims of the virus in Outaouais lived at home, while the other lived in the Le Monastery residence, in the Aylmer sector. This is the first death caused by the pandemic to be lamented in this private residence for the elderly where an epidemic has affected some people.
Another death in the region will also appear in the official report in the coming days. The ministerial list of private residences for the elderly affected by COVID-19 cases shows that this is a person who lived at the Cité-Jardin complex in the Gatineau sector, information confirmed by the Integrated Center of Health and Social Services of Outaouais (CISSSO ).
Bad news therefore continues to accumulate in this complex of approximately 900 doors, as this is the twelfth death caused by the virus to be deplored. About 100 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed so far in Cité-Jardin.
The pandemic has so far claimed 61 victims in Outaouais, including 28 since the start of the second wave.
New cases
Thursday’s report also shows 31 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Outaouais, where only 11 cases had been reported the day before. For the past seven regional reports, the average is now 31 new cases per day.
Outaouais now has a total of 2,862 people diagnosed with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. Of this number, 290 cases are still active.
With 240 active cases, sectors Hull, Aylmer and Gatineau represent more than one in five active cases in Outaouais. Authorities report that there are 18 active cases in Papineau, 15 in the Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, 11 in the Collines-de-l’Outaouais and less than five in Pontiac.
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