OTTAWA -- On a day Ontario set a record for largest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases, 35 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Ottawa.
Public Health Ontario announced 1,588 new cases of COVID-19 across Ontario on Saturday, including 522 in Peel, 450 in Toronto and 153 in York Region.
The previous record for new cases in a single day in Ontario was 1,581 cases of novel coronavirus, set on Nov. 14. Ottawa Public Health reported 35 new cases of novel coronavirus on Saturday, along with two new deaths linked to the virus.
Public Health Ontario had reported 36 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Saturday. There is sometimes a discrepancy in case number reporting between Public Health Ontario and Ottawa Public Health due to the way the