OTTAWA -- For the third time this week, more than 60 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ottawa on a single day. Ottawa Public Health reported 63 new cases of COVID-19 in its Friday afternoon update.
Ontario's Ministry of Health had reported 401 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, including 61 in Ottawa. Twenty of the 63 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday involve residents between 20 and 29 years-old.
There are 458 active cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, the highest total of active cases since May 9. Since the first case of COVID-19 on March 11, there have been 3,549 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 273 deaths.