OTTAWA -- Ottawa recorded 60 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, nearing the four-month highs the city recorded last week.
The new cases come a day after the city recorded 15 cases, the lowest one-day increase in 10 days. The new infections push the number of active cases above 500 in Ottawa for the first time since early May.
Last week, the city had 60 cases or more on three different days. Those totals were also the highest since early May. On Friday, Medical Officer of Health Dr.
Vera Etches said Ottawa is in a second wave of the pandemic. Provincewide, there are 425 new lab-confirmed cases Monday, levels not seens since the beginning of June.