OTTAWA -- Ottawa and Ontario have both set new one-day records of new COVID-19 cases on the last day of 2020. Public Health Ontario reported 194 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday.
The previous record for COVID-19 in Ottawa was 183 cases, set back on Oct. 8. Across Ontario, 3,328 new cases of COVID-19 were reported – a one-day record for Ontario.
There are 888 new cases in Toronto, 431 in Peel, 18 in York Region and 257 in Windsor-Essex. Ottawa Public Health reported 63 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa in its daily update on Thursday afternoon.
CTV News Ottawa has reached out to Ottawa Public Health for clarification on the discrepancy in case numbers. In a message on Twitter, Ottawa Public Health said the number reported is