OTTAWA -- Ottawa has three new confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to Ontario's ministry of health. The three cases announced on Tuesday are: A woman in her 30s who contracted the virus through close contact A man in his 40s who contracted the virus through close contact A man in his 50s who travelled to the U.S.
All three people are self-isolating. Ottawa now has 27 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. Ontario confirmed 85 new cases Tuesday morning, bringing the province's total to 588.
A seventh person has died in the province from the virus, a man in his 90s in Durham Region. Eight people in Ontario previously infected with the virus have recovered.