OTTAWA Ottawa police set up and then take down 24/7 checkpoints at interprovincial crossings, a Riverside South resident is told to remove his front yard garden and we meet nurses on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the five most viewed stories on our website this week. Less than 48 hours after officers began setting up checkpoints at interprovincial crossings between Ottawa and Gatineau, Ottawa police stopped monitoring the crossings 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Ontario government issued directives to limit non-essential travel into Ontario, requiring police to set up checkpoints starting at 12:01 a.m. Monday.
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COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data):
New COVID-19 cases: 181 cases on Wednesday
Total COVID-19 cases: 22,405
COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (previous seven days): 190.4
Positivity rate in Ottawa: 11.7 per cent (April 14 to April 20)
Reproduction Number: 0.95 (seven day average)
Testing:
Who should get a test? Ottawa Public Health says you can get a COVID-19 test at an assessment centre, care clinic, or community testing site if any of the following apply to you: