OTTAWA -- Ottawa has recorded 43 new cases of COVID-19, a significant spike in the number of lab-confirmed cases of the virus.
Health Minister Christine Elliott tweeted Monday that Ontario recorded an uptick in new lab-confirmed cases, with 203 reported provincewide.
Ontario is reporting 203 cases of #COVID19, a 0.5% increase. Today's uptick is the result of localized increases: there are 43 of new cases in Ottawa, 57 in Peel and 24 more in Windsor-Essex.
Looking at the age of today's new cases, 116 of them or 57% are 39 years old or younger. — Christine Elliott (@celliottability) July 21, 2020 The new number for Ottawa is a significant increase.