OTTAWA --
Ottawa Public Health is reporting 74 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Saturday, while Ottawa's rate of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people dropped to its lowest level in 2021.
The 74 cases of COVID-19 on Saturday follows 63 new cases on Friday. The slight increase in new cases comes ahead of elementary and secondary school students in Ottawa returning to class for in-person learning on Monday.
No new deaths linked to COVID-19 were reported in Ottawa on Saturday.
Since the first case of COVID-19 on March 11, there have been 13,290 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 422 deaths.
The city of Ottawa continues to see positive trends in the key COVID-19 monitoring indicators. The COVID-19 rate per 100,000 people fell to 42.5 cases on Saturday, down from 44 cases per 100,000 on Friday.