OTTAWA -- On the day Ontario set a new record for COVID-19 cases, Public Health Ontario reported 68 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa.
In its daily report, the agency said there were 68 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, 16 new cases in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit and 12 cases in Leeds, Grenville and Lanark.
Across Ontario, 2,923 cases of COVID-19 were reported on Wednesday, a sharp increase over the previous one-day record of 2,553 set on Tuesday.
There are 998 new cases in Toronto, 408 in York Region and 441 in Peel Region. Ottawa Public Health will provide a full snapshot of the COVID-19 situation in Ottawa at approximately 12:30 p.m.