OTTAWA -- On the eve of the Thanksgiving long-weekend, Ottawa and Ontario have set single-day records for new COVID-19 cases.
Ottawa Public Health reported 183 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, the highest one-day increase in new cases of novel coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.
One new death was also reported in Ottawa. Since the first case of COVID-19 on March, there have been 5,153 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 296 deaths.
Ontario's Ministry of Health reported 182 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, while Ottawa Public Health reported 183 cases.