Last Updated Tuesday, February 9, 2021 3:07PM EST Ontario is reporting just over 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 today, one of the lowest daily case counts logged in the province in more than two months. Ontario health officials are reporting 1,022 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus and 17 more virus-related deaths. With the exception of the 745 cases confirmed one week ago, an artificially low tally due to a reporting issue with Toronto Public Health, today s total is the lowest logged by the province since Nov. 24, when 1,009 new infections were reported. Week-over-week, the seven-day average of new infections dropped from 1,746 to 1,367. Just two weeks ago on Jan. 26, the rolling seven-day average was 2,346.
Fast Facts: Ottawa will remain under a stay-at-home order for one more week. Kingston and Renfrew s stay-at-home order ends Wednesday. Ottawa Public Health reported a decrease in the number of active COVID-19 cases on Monday, but an increase in some weekly trends. An asymptomatic testing blitz of local school students and their families found eight positive cases out of 175 people. Ottawa Bylaw handed out nearly two dozen verbal warnings but no tickets on the Rideau Canal Skateway this past weekend.
COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data):
New COVID-19 cases: 38 new cases on Sunday
Total COVID-19 cases: 13,708
The provincial government charted its path out of the provincewide shutdown and back to the colour-coded regional approach known as the COVID-19 Response…
The provincial government charted its path out of the provincewide shutdown and back to the colour-coded regional approach known as the COVID-19 Response…