OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health is reporting 70 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Saturday. Seventy new cases marks a slight decrease in the number of daily new cases, after 99 cases were reported on Friday by Ottawa Public Health and 93 cases were reported on Thursday.
According to Ottawa Public Health's COVID-19 dashboard, there have been 5,969 total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
From Oct. 11 to 17 inclusive, Ottawa saw an average of 85 new COVID-19 cases per day, down from an average of 106 cases per day from Oct.
4-10. No new deaths were reported on Saturday. The death toll from the pandemic stands at 301 residents. Seventeen people have died from COVID-19 in October.