Ottawa ties daily record with 370 new COVID-19 cases

• Ottawa is reporting 370newCOVID-19 cases, tying the city's one-day record.
• This April has seen more confirmed cases than any other month.
• Western Quebec has 167 moreCOVID-19 cases and three deaths.

Today's Ottawa update

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is reporting 370 newCOVID-19cases Thursday, tying the city's one-day record. OPH is reporting no more deaths.

Another 172 cases are now considered resolved, for a total of 2,953known active cases in the city.

The city'snumbers have been steadily rising during this third wave,due largely tocoronavirus variants that are highly contagiousand, in many cases, more dangerous.

Ontario is undera provincewide stay-at-home orderuntil at least early May. Schools are closed indefinitely.

More than a week after Ontario's shutdown was announced, wastewatermonitoring is showing signs that thespread of COVID-19 in Ottawamay finally be slowing.

Numbers to watch

208.8:The weekly incidence rate, therolling seven-day total of new COVID-19 cases expressed per 100,000 residents, is more thandouble the previous high reached in January.

2,931:Thenumber of confirmed cases in Ottawa so far this month.

15.8%: The percentage of COVID-19 tests in Ottawa that came back positive on April 11, anotherdaily record.

5,041:The number of known active COVID-19 cases in the wider Ottawa-Gatineau region as of noon ET.

1.23:The number of people infected by a single COVID-19 case, or R(t). Thespread of the coronavirusis considered under control if that figure is kept below one.

Across the region

Public health officials inthe Outaouaisreported 167 newcasesand three deaths Thursday.

That region is under Quebec'sstrictest measures until at least April 25. The director of its health authority said Wednesdaylast spring's provincial border checkpointscouldreturn if the situation doesn't improve.

The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit reported 13 more cases Thursday.