OTTAWA -- On a day Ontario set a record for the most infections in a single day, Ottawa Public Health reported 90 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa.
The 90 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Saturday is the highest one-day increase in cases in more than a week. No new deaths linked to COVID-19 were reported in Ottawa on Saturday, after five deaths were announced on Friday.
Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa on March 11, there have been 6.474 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 314 deaths.
Across Ontario, there are 978 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, setting a record for most infections in a single day. There are 348 new cases in Toronto, 170 in Peel Region and 141 in York Region.