OTTAWA -- For the fourth time in five days, health officials are reporting less than 100 new cases of COVID-19 in a single day in Ottawa.
Ottawa Public Health reported 87 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday, along with one new death linked to the virus. Since the first case of COVID-19 on March 11, there have been 12,761 cases of COVID-19, including 416 deaths.
The 87 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday follows a one-day spike on Thursday, when 180 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Ottawa.
There were 67 new cases on Wednesday, 56 cases on Tuesday and 85 new cases on Monday. Across Ontario, health officials reported 2,662 cases of COVID-19 on Friday.