Ottawa sets record for 3rd day in row with 370 new COVID-19 cases

• Ottawa is reporting370 newCOVID-19 cases on Sunday, the third day in a row with record-high numbers.
• 2,411 known cases are considered active.
• Another 59 cases were reported in the Outaouais.

Today's Ottawa update

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) reported a record-setting 370newCOVID-19caseson Sunday, blowing past Saturday's record of 325 cases.

Sunday's numbers represents the highest single-day totalof the pandemic so far. It's the third day in a row the nation's capital has set a record.

Ninetyof Sunday's cases involved people in their20s, more than any other age group. Sixty-eightcases involved people in their 30s.

Another 159 cases areconsidered resolved. No new deaths were reported.

Ottawa currently has 2,411known active cases, just one of severalrecords that continues to climbduring this third wave,which featuresmore dangerous coronavirus variants.

Ontario is undera provincewide stay-at-home orderuntil at least early May.

Numbers to watch

163.1:The weekly incidence rate, therolling seven-day total of new COVID-19 cases expressed per 100,000 residents, continues torisewell above the previous record of 98reached in January.

9.2%: The percentage of COVID-19 tests coming back positive, a record high.

81:The number of Ottawa residents being treated in hospital forCOVID-19, another number that continues to rise.Of those, 26patients are in intensive care.

1.2: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.

1,842:The number of cases in Ottawa confirmed or suspected to involve coronavirus variants.

Across the region

In western Quebec,59new cases were reported, but no deaths.

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health reported 13 new cases on Sunday.