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Coronavirus: Ottawa reports spike of 91 new COVID-19 cases
coronavirus case count spiked on Thursday as the local public health unit plans for the rollout of an eventual COVID-19 vaccine.Ottawa Public Health reported 91 new cases of the novel coronavirus, following two straight days of local increases under 30.One additional person has died in Ottawa in relation to COVID-19, bringing the city’s death toll of the pandemic to 350.There are now 495 active cases of the virus in Ottawa, according to OPH’s COVID-19 dashboard.There have been 7,725 cases of the coronavirus locally since the start of the pandemic.Ontario, meanwhile, set another record for new coronavirus cases on Thursday, with an increase of 1,575 cases.