OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health is reporting 36 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death in the city in Friday's update. The jump in cases comes on a day when 131 new cases were reported provincewide.
This is the highest number of new cases reported in a single day since July 21, when 43 cases were reported. OPH's figures differ slightly from the figures come from Ontario's daily epidemiologic summary, where 37 new cases were reported, but OPH's report on Thursday was 12 new cases versus 11 reported by the province.
Both entities are now reporting the same cumulative total. Health Minister Christine Elliott said the increased number of cases across Ontario is the result of 11 public health units that hadn't reported data on Thursday