Key COVID-19 numbers in the Ottawa area today

• Ottawa is reporting 73new cases of COVID-19 and two new deaths on Sunday.
• There are470 confirmed active cases in the nation's capital.
• Western Quebec has confirmed18 more cases.

Today's Ottawa update

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) recorded 73 new cases ofCOVID-19 Sunday and 51 more resolved cases.

Health officials also recordedtwo more deaths, raising the city's death toll to 424.

The infection rate in Ottawa roseto record levels after Christmas, buthas since declined.

Thecurrent lockdownin eastern Ontario that startedDec. 26 is in place until at least Tuesday.A provincial stay-at-home orderalso remains in effect.

Numbers to watch

32.7:The rolling seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Ottawa residentsrises.

1:03:The number of people infected by a single COVID-19 case, or R(t), also increased slightly since Saturday.It now hovers slightly above health officials' goal of one.

1.6%:Ottawa's average test positivity rate has continuedto drop in recent weeks.

80%: The percentage of long-term care residents in Ottawa who have received their second vaccine dose.

Across the region

Western Quebec's health authorityis reporting 18 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday.

Lockdown restrictions in Quebec are being loosenedMonday to allow many non-essential businesses to reopen, although an 8 p.m. curfew will remain.