More than 300 new COVID-19 cases in Ottawa, with two new hospitalizations

Ottawa Public Health is reporting 333 more people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19, marking the highest daily case count since mid-April. Two more people are in hospital with active cases.

To date, OPH has recorded 34,296 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the city. No new deaths were reported on Sunday, keeping the pandemic death toll at 620 residents. There are zero COVID-19 patients in the ICU.

Active cases continue to rise rapidly, now at a level not seen since early May.

The city's rolling seven-day average is 197.0, up from 85.9 at this time last week and up from 40.6 four weeks ago.

This comes as new COVID-19 restrictions and capacity limits come into effect. Provincial measures began at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, while additional local measures come into effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday.