OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health is reporting another jump in new COVID-19 cases and an increase in the per capita rate of infection.
OPH said Saturday 133 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, up from 122 new cases on Friday. That increase boosted the per capita rate in the last seven days to more than 55 cases per 100,000 population.
The estimated reproduction number--the number of additional people each person with COVID-19 infects--also increased on Saturday.
Across Ontario, the province reported a record-breaking 3,363 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, as well as 2,476 on Friday.