Ottawa sees highest daily COVID-19 case count since late September

Ottawa Public Health is reporting 74 more people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19, the highest daily snapshot of new cases since late September.

OPH reported 79 new cases in its daily snapshot report on Sept. 26.

To date, OPH has recorded 32,475 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa residents. No new deaths were reported for an 11th straight day, keeping the city's pandemic death toll at 618 residents.

The rolling seven-day average for the city is 58.7, up from 44.0 one week ago and 39.4 four weeks ago.

The number of confirmed active cases continues to rise. There is one fewer active COVID-19 case in Ottawa hospitals, and the number of overall COVID-19 patients remains low.