Fast Facts: Elementary and secondary schools in Ottawa and eastern Ontario will reopen for in-person learning on Monday Ottawa Public Health reported 81 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the seventh straight day with fewer than 100 new cases of novel coronavirus Ontario hair salons want the Ontario government to allow them to reopen amid the COVID-19 lockdown New modelling suggests the highly contagious U.K. COVID-19 variant will likely be the dominant strain in Ontario by March Ottawa traffic volumes drop to 60 per cent of pre-pandemic levels during the current lockdown COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data):