coronavirus cases on Friday as well as a jump in the number of people in hospital with COVID-19.There have now been 8,653 cases of the novel coronavirus in Ottawa since the start of the pandemic.One additional person with COVID-19 has died in the last 24 hours, raising Ottawa’s death toll of the pandemic to 379.
Commission flags poor oversight of Ontario nursing homes as COVID-19 deaths jump The number of active COVID-19 cases in Ottawa has slowly crept up each day this week, standing at 383 on Friday compared with 344 on Monday.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The number of people in hospital due to the virus jumped up as well on Friday.