OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health reported 203 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, but the number of people in hospital with the disease has jumped significantly. Across Ontario, officials reported 4,447 new cases of COVID-19, along with 19 new deaths and 3,153 newly resolved cases. Ontario officials reported 233 new cases in Ottawa. Figures from OPH often differ from those provided by the province because of different data collection times for the respective daily reports. The newly reported cases bring Ottawa s pandemic total to 22,038 laboratory-confirmed cases. No new deaths were announced on Monday. Ottawa s death toll from COVID-19 stands at 482 residents. Monday is the fourth straight day of new case counts below 300, suggesting case levels may slowly be declining. Six of the seven days in the week of April 10 to 16 had daily counts above 300, including two instances of a record-high 370 cases.
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Here are just some of the new changes in place today.
Outdoor gatherings will be limited to members of your household only
All playgrounds, golf courses, soccer fields and other recreational sites will be closed.
Non-essential construction will be prohibited
Capacity in big box stores will be reduced to 25 per cent
A maximum of 10 people indoors will be allowed to gather for weddings, funerals and religious services.
Police have also been granted new powers to day to stop people and ask if they are only making essential trip. A debate that has stirred up many discussion online today.
Kingston Police Service has join police in Peterborough, Barrie, Kawartha Lakes and a number of other police services in Ontario by issuing statements to their communities.