OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting 40 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, the sixth straight day with double-digit case numbers. There are two new deaths linked to novel coronavirus in Ottawa. Twelve of the 40 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday involve Ottawa residents under the age of 10. Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa on March 11, 2020, there have been 27,179 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 574 deaths. The 40 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday follows 43 new cases on Wednesday and 39 cases on both Monday and Tuesday. Across Ontario, there are 870 new cases of COVID-19. Health officials reported 225 cases in Toronto and 167 in Peel Region.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting fewer than 40 new COVID-19 cases for the second day in a row. The public health unit said Tuesday that 39 more people had tested positive for COVID-19, following a case count of 39 more positive tests on Monday. This comes as Ontario reported its lowest daily case count province-wide since last fall. Health officials recorded 699 new COVID-19 cases across Ontario on Tuesday, the lowest figure since Oct. 18, 2020, when 658 new cases were recorded. The Ministry of Health says 20,262 COVID-19 tests were completed in the past 24 hours across the province. Ontario also recorded 1,568 newly resolved cases on Tuesday and said nine more Ontarians had died due to COVID-19.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting 39 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, the lowest daily case count since late February. It comes the same day the province reported fewer than 1,000 new cases in a single day for the first time since March. One more person in Ottawa has died due to COVID-19. Sixty-three resident deaths have been reported in Ottawa in May. Ottawa Public Health s COVID-19 dashboard shows 27,058 total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Ottawa since the first case was confirmed on March 11, 2020. 570 residents of the city have lost their lives to the pandemic.