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.
OTTAWA Ottawa has set a new one-day record for COVID-19 cases with 210 new cases on Friday, as Ottawa Public Health data addresses a discrepancy in data compared with Ontario health reporting. Ottawa Public Health reported 210 cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday, along with one new death linked to the virus. Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa on March 11, there have been 10,960 cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 395 deaths. Across Ontario, a record 4,294 cases of COVID-19 were reported on Friday. The Ministry of Health says there was a data upload delay at Toronto Public Health and therefore approximately 450 additional cases were included in Friday s report.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is blaming a large number of case reports late Wednesday for a major discrepancy in reported new COVID-19 cases in Ottawa. Meantime, Ontario set two new COVID-19 records on Thursday for total number of cases and deaths linked to the virus on a single day. Health officials confirmed a one-day record 3,519 cases of COVID-19 across Ontario on Thursday, up from 3,266 infections reported on Wednesday. Eighty-nine more deaths related to COVID-19 were reported, a one-day high. There are 891 new cases in Toronto, 569 in Peel Region, 457 in York Region and 174 in Durham Region. Windsor-Essex County reported 208 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday.