OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health says 85 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, a low figure after several days of triple-digit daily case counts. Two more people in Ottawa have died. Across the province, a single-day drop in cases was also reported, with 2,578 new cases, the lowest figure since Jan. 1. Ontario reported 92 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa. Figures from the province and from OPH often differ due to data collection times. According to Ottawa Public Health s COVID-19 dashboard, there have been 12,371 total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Two new deaths bring Ottawa s pandemic death toll to 405 residents.
OTTAWA Ottawa recorded another 132 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday as the number of active cases in the city reached a new high. New case counts in the city have reached triple digits for six of the last seven days. There are now 1,243 active cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, the most since the pandemic began. No new deaths have been reported. The new infections are among more than 3,300 recorded in Ontario on Thursday, an increase after two days in which the new case count dipped below 3,000. Ontario health officials had earlier reported 144 new cases in Ottawa; the two authorities numbers often differ due to different reporting times.