OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health is reporting 51 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, along with four new deaths linked to the virus.
The 51 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa accounts for approximately five per cent of the 998 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario.
Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa, there have been 7,324 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 334 deaths.
There are 23 new cases in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit region. Public Health Ontario reports 350 new cases in Toronto, 269 in Peel region and 71 in York Region. COVID-19 TESTING The Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Taskforce reports a total 1,568 swabs were taken at assessment centres in Ottawa on Nov.