Ottawa’s public health unit on Friday reported 37 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the city, bringing the city’s total number of known cases to 289.
The new COVID-19 figures were published in Ottawa Public Health’s daily epidemiology report. Friday’s report is based on the “most current information available” as of 4 p.m.
on Thursday. More people have been admitted to hospital since the last update, according to the report. It says 25 people are currently in hospital in Ottawa; 10 are in the intensive care unit.
The new case numbers for Ottawa came on the heels of a press conference in Toronto where provincial health officials released the modelling data being used to inform Ontario’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.