Key COVID-19 numbers in the Ottawa area today
Ottawa reports 74 more COVID-19 cases, 1 more death
- Ottawa is reporting 74 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday and one death.
- The capital's largest shelter outbreak is over.
- That city has met a key vaccine target in retirement homes.
- There are sevenmore cases in Lanark County.
Today's Ottawa update
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) recorded 74 new cases ofCOVID-19 on Friday and one death.
Another 33 cases are considered resolved.
The city isnow inthe red zone on the province's pandemicframework. OPH says the spread of COVID-19 is getting out of control.
Numbers to watch
50:The weekly incidence rate, a rolling seven-day total of new COVID-19 cases expressed per 100,000 residents, has risen sevenstraight days. The red-zone threshold is 40.
1.03:The number of people infected by a single COVID-19 case, or R(t). It's been around one since early February, below the red-zone threshold of 1.2.
2.9%:The percentage of COVID-19 tests coming back positiveslightly rises. The red-zone threshold is2.5 per cent.
203:The number of confirmed and suspected coronavirus variant cases in Ottawa, according to the province.
131:The number of COVID-19 cases linked to Ottawa's largest shelter outbreak, which has been declared over. Shelter staff and clients have been offered vaccines for about two weeks.
87,737: The number of vaccine doses administered in Ottawa as of Friday.
80.8%:The percentage of retirement home residents whohave had both vaccine doses has now passed theOPHtarget of75 per cent.
Across the region
The Leeds,Grenville& Lanark District Health Unit, which is in yellow, recorded eightmore COVID-19 cases Friday, seven in Lanark County. It's had 86 cases in the last week.
Meanwhile, the Eastern Ontario Health Unit reported another 26 cases of COVID-19 on Friday, with health officials in the Kingstonarea recordinganother 12.
Renfrew County's health unit, also in yellow, reported two more cases.
In western Quebec, 53 cases and two more deaths were logged.