Key COVID-19 numbers in the Ottawa area today

• Ottawa is reporting 63 more COVID-19 cases.
• There are moreCOVID-19 patients in intensive care than at any time since May.
• Four morepeople in the wider region have died of COVID-19.

Today's Ottawa update

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) recorded 63new cases ofCOVID-19 onTuesday, thelowest daily totalof the month.OPH has declared 113 more cases resolvedand is reporting no additional deaths.

The infection rate in Ottawa hasrisento record levels since around Christmas, prompting OPH to declare the city is once again in a COVID-19 crisis.

Ottawa's medical officer of health and mayor will speak to reporters at 3 p.m. ET.

Thecurrent lockdownin eastern Ontario went into effect Dec. 26, and is scheduled tolast until Jan. 23. Premier Doug Fordintroduced further restrictions today.

Numbers to watch

11: The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care in Ottawa, the most since early May.

33:The number ofCOVID-19 patients in Ottawa hospitals, the most since late November.

90.7:Thenumber of newCOVID-19 cases per 100,000 Ottawa residents continues to drop.

1.06:The average number of people infected by a single COVID-19 case, or R(t), has been ingradualdecline this month. OPH aims to keep the number below one.

Across the region

The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit is reportinganother resident has died of COVID-19, markingthe area's54th deathand the first since late October.

Health authorities in western Quebec arereporting three more deaths and 44 newCOVID-19 cases.

Quebec's provinciallockdown has been extendeduntil Feb. 8. Itincludes an 8 p.m. curfewthat went into effect on the weekend.