OTTAWA --
Ottawa Public Health is reporting 116 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, while the capital's COVID-19 weekly incidence rate increased slightly.
One new death linked to the virus was also reported on Friday.
Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa on March 11, 2020, there have been 25,848 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 534 deaths.
Public Health Ontario reported 99 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday. There is sometimes a discrepancy in COVID-19 case totals between Public Health Ontario and Ottawa Public Health because of the timing the data is collected.
The 116 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday follows 104 new cases on Thursday and 115 cases on Wednesday.