OTTAWA -- Ottawa continues to see the lowest one-day increases in new COVID-19 cases compared to other Ontario novel coronavirus "hot zones." Public Health Ontario reported 934 cases of novel coronavirus across Ontario on Thursday, including 58 new laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa.
There are 420 new cases in Toronto, 169 in Peel Region and 95 in York Region. Ontario reports the 934 positive cases of COVID-19 were discovered among 35,600 tests completed.
The Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Taskforce reported 1,547 swabs were taken at assessment centres in Ottawa on Oct. 27. More than 3,300 lab tests were performed in Ottawa on Tuesday.