OTTAWA -- Ottawa has recorded its highest-ever daily increase in new COVID-19 cases, with local public health officials reporting 105 new cases on Tuesday and three new deaths.
That number eclipses last Tuesday's high of 93 new cases. Provincial officials had reported 106 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa earlier Tuesday, but Ottawa Public Health's update included 105.
On Monday, OPH's new case count was one higher than the provincial total. Ontario is reporting 554 cases of #COVID19 as nearly 38,400 tests were completed.
Locally, there are 251 new cases in Toronto with 106 in Ottawa, 79 in Peel and 43 in York Region. 62% of today’s cases are in people under the age of 40. — Christine Elliott (@celliottability) September 29, 2020 Wit