Part of eastern Ontario leave the province's stay-at-home order on Wednesday, while the rest of the region should follow next week. Here's what is going to happen.
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Stay-at-home orders have been extended this week for almost all public health regions in Ontario, meaning that current lockdown restrictions will remain in place until public health officials say otherwise.
Once the order is lifted in any given region, that region will exit the ongoing provincewide shutdown and re-enter Ontario s colour-coded COVID-19 response framework system.
Three public health units are scheduled to transition this week, according to the provincial government; Hastings Prince Edward Public Health, Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Health, and Renfrew County and District Health Unit will enter framework s Green-Prevent level on Wednesday.
Fast Facts: The stay-at-home order ends today for three eastern Ontario health units, but not for Ottawa. Ottawa Public Health has confirmed Ottawa s first case of the variant of COVID-19 first recognized in South Africa. COVID-19 trends in the city are improving again after a brief rise over the weekend.
COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data):
New COVID-19 cases: 25 new cases on Tuesday.
Total COVID-19 cases: 13,733
COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (previous seven days): 33.8
Positivity rate in Ottawa: 1.6 per cent (Feb. 1 – 7)
Reproduction Number: 1.00 (seven day average)
Testing: Ottawa Public Health says there are five reasons to seek testing for COVID-19:
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