OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health is reporting another 237 people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, pushing the city's number of active cases beyond 1,800, the highest ever seen in the capital. OPH's COVID-19 dashboard shows that there have been 18,260 total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the first case was confirmed on March 11, 2020. One more person in Ottawa has died of COVID-19. The city's pandemic death toll now stands at 468 residents. Monday's case count is just three cases shy of Saturday's record-breaking figure of 240 positive cases. On Sunday, medical officer of health Dr. Vera Etches warned Ottawans that cases are surging too quickly for the health system to keep up and that vaccinations will not be enough to turn the curve. She urged everyone to stay home as much as possible and limit close contacts with anyone outside of one's household.