OTTAWA -- Sixteen new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ottawa. Ottawa Public Health provided no other details about the cases in an update on its website late Sunday afternoon.
There is also a confirmed COVID-19 case at a second retirement residence in Ottawa, this time at the Maplewood Retirement Community on Industrial Avenue.
There are now 122 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in Ottawa. Ontario health officials announced 211 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the provincial total to 1,355.
In a statement on Sunday, Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches says "with more cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Ottawa, including conformation of community spread, we continue to urge everyone to practice physical distancing