Ottawa sees more than 400 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday; one more in hospital

Ottawa Public Health says another 424 people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19 and there is one more patient in hospital with an active infection.

The Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Taskforce says testing capacity in the province is "under strain." Currently, walk-in testing at assessment centres in Ottawa is suspended to ensure testing capacity is in place for essential workers in need of an urgent test. 

Some assessment centres were also closed over the Christmas weekend.

Case counts are also typically lower than average on Tuesdays.

To date, Ottawa Public Health has recorded 39,170 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.