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The number of complaints up until Tuesday afternoon was 84.

Last Saturday, the province banned social gatherings and public events of more than five people. In Ottawa, bylaw officers have the authority to enforce the order.

Between Monday and Tuesday, bylaw officers fielded 33 complaints about gatherings of more than five people and businesses operating without an exemption to the provincial order. The city provided that number Tuesday afternoon.

On Wednesday, Mayor Jim Watson delivered the updated numbers. Bylaw services received 139 calls alone on Tuesday, Watson said.

Watson said he has heard about large gatherings of people in public and private settings.

In one case, bylaw officers responded to a child’s birthday party in a backyard. There were between 12 and 20 children there, Watson said.

In another case, bylaw officers responded to Lansdowne Park, where more than 20 people were on the play structure and skateboard park.

Then there was a complaint about a yard sale in the Greenboro area.

Bylaw officers have also checked out Britannia Beach, where, according to Watson, over 200 people had gathered at some point in the last few days.

“We just can’t have these types of gatherings,” Watson said in a teleconference call with reporters Wednesday.

“I know we want to continue some sort of normalcy in our lives, we want to spend time with family and friends, I get that, but please limit your gatherings to the members of your immediate family who live in your residence.”