COVID-19 deaths, infections mount in western Quebec

Five more people have died of COVID-19 in western Quebec as thatregion's deadliest month of the pandemic continues.

Another 64 Outaouais residents have tested positive for the illness, theprovince said Tuesday.

Thirty-three western Quebec residents have died from COVID-19 in November alone, nearing Ottawa's 38, despite having about one-third of its population.

Along with new cases, known active cases and hospitalizations in western Quebec are also eclipsingOttawa's totals.

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) logged 19new cases ofCOVID-19 and one more death on Tuesday, while declaring 42 more cases resolved. The city's newest cases are more or less split between people over and under 40.

A total of 8,231 Ottawa residents have tested positive for COVID-19,the vast majority of thosecases 7,540 now resolved. The number of known active cases in Ottawa has slipped to 323, and 368 peoplehave died.

OPH said a data error with Ontario's provincewideinformation this week did not affect its local reports.

Thirty patients are in Ottawa hospitals receiving treatment for COVID-19, including two inintensive care. Those numbers have been steady for about a week, said OPH.

OPH has declared a new COVID-19 outbreak at the Amica Westboro Park long-term care home, bringing the citywide total to28 active outbreaks including at nine long-term care homes, fourschools and one a hospital.