OTTAWA -- Sixteen days into October, Ottawa has already set the record for most cases of COVID-19 in a single month. Ottawa Public Health reported 99 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa today, and three more deaths linked to novel coronavirus.
Ontario's Ministry of Health had reported 108 new cases of COVID-19, but there is sometimes a lag in COVID-19 case reporting between Ontario and Ottawa Public Health.
On Wednesday, Ontario reported 39 new cases in Ottawa, while Ottawa Public Health reported 45 new cases. There have been 1,511 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa in October, surpassing the September record of 1,413 new cases.