OTTAWA -- Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott is announcing 28 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, marking an eighth straight day of double-digit increases in the total case count in the nation's capital.
That would increase Ottawa's cumulative case count to 2,389 since the pandemic began. In a series of tweets Saturday morning, Elliott said 138 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Ontario on Saturday.
She said 66 per cent were in people under the age of 40. Locally, 27 of Ontario's 34 public health units are reporting five or fewer cases, with 16 of them reporting no new cases.
Ottawa is reporting 28 cases with Windsor-Essex reporting 33. Like yesterday, 66% of today’s new cases are under the age of 40. — Christine Elliott