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COVID-19 Update: Four new deaths in the Outaouais

COVID-19 Update: Four new deaths in the Outaouais

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Jorge Maria

Pontiac Sept. 27, 2021

Regional active cases declined this week in the Outaouais as the latest data shows 175 active cases (13,660 total, 13,265 recovered) as of Sept. 27, 2021, down 61 from Sept. 20. There are three hospitalizations at the designated COVID-19 centre in Hull, with five people in intensive care. For the second week in a row, the regional death toll rose with 220 total deaths reported in the Outaouais, up four from last week.

Within the RLS Pontiac, the CISSSO listed the following numbers on Sept. 27*:

  • Municipality of Pontiac: 129 (+2)
  • Mansfield et Pontefract: 100 (no increase)
  • Fort Coulonge: 48 (no increase)
  • Shawville: 35 (no increase)
  • Campbell’s Bay: 17 (no increase)
  • Waltham: 11 (no increase)
  • Bryson: 10 (no increase)
  • Otter Lake: 8 (no increase)
  • L’Île du Grand Calumet: 8 (no increase)
  • L’Isle aux Allumettes: 8 (no increase)
  • Bristol: 6 (no increase)
  • Litchfield, Portage du Fort: (five or less
  • minimum one case)
  • Sheenboro, Thorne: five or less (minimum
  • one case)

(It is important to note that none of these figures represent the active case situation)



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