Fast Facts: Non-essential businesses, hair salons and museums can reopen in Gatineau today as the Quebec government relaxes COVID-19 restrictions Toronto reports Canada's first known case of COVID-19 variant first seen in Brazil Big City Mayors to ask federal government for a second round of pandemic funding COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data): New COVID-19 cases: 73 new cases on Sunday Total COVID-19 cases: 13,670 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (previous seven days): 32.7 Positivity rate in Ottawa: 1.6 per cent (Jan. 29 – Feb. 4) Reproduction Number: 1.03 (seven day average) Testing: Ottawa Public Health says there are five reasons to seek testing for COVID-19: