All five people are self-isolating.

The city now has five new cases of the COVID-19 virus in Ottawa, the Ontario government confirmed.

The new numbers were posted on the Ontario government's website Sunday morning, which tracks new cases across the province twice daily.

Details such as patients' ages, what hospital or response centre they presented to and how they contracted the virus are not yet made available.

All are self-isolating.

Sunday's confirmation of new cases comes after two other cases were confirmed Saturday, bringing the city's total of positive cases to 10.

The Eastern Ontario Health Unit also reported a case Saturday evening. The patient is a woman in her 30s who had tested positive after returning from New York City.

In total, that brings the number of confirmed positive cases in Eastern Ontario to 11.

