Ottawa Red Zone

• Here’s how Ottawa COVID-19 levels compare to regions in Ontario’s grey-lockdown zone

  Key COVID-19 metrics in Ottawa have not slowed after entering the red zone. Coronavirus incidence rates rival some levels of other regions when they locked down.

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  Mar 30, 2021
  
• COVID-19: Ottawa movie theatres go dark again as some question logic of red-zone closure

  Cinema operators are calling out the seeming double standard that allows restaurants and gyms to open with reduced numbers in Ontario's COVID-19 red zone but not movie theatres.

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  Mar 19, 2021
  
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• Ottawa concert, billed as blueprint for return of live shows, delayed by COVID-19 restrictions

  Plans for a 100-person outdoor concert in Ottawa facilitated by rapid coronavirus testing has been delayed with news the city will move into Ontario's COVID-19 red zone.

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  Mar 18, 2021
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• Patios can immediately open in Ottawa ahead of shift to COVID-19 red zone, mayor says

  Any restaurant or bar operator who had a patio in the past year can immediately reopen it again to customers after Mayor Jim Watson said he was fast-tracking patio season Thursday.

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  Mar 18, 2021
• COVID-19: Ottawa to move to Ontario’s red-control zone Friday morning

  Ottawa will move to the red-control zone of Ontario's COVID-19 framework on Friday morning following a surge in COVID-19 levels in the city.

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  Mar 18, 2021
• Ottawa likely moving to Ontario’s COVID-19 red zone within the week: Dr. Etches

  Ottawa will likely shift to the red zone on Ontario's reopening framework within the next week, the city's medical officer of health Dr. Vera Etches said Tuesday.

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  Mar 16, 2021
• Spiking COVID-19 cases put Ottawa into possible red zone territory

  Ottawa is now reporting 45.5 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people, one of the indicators that could push the city into Ontario's red-control zone.

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  Mar 15, 2021
• Ottawa adds 56 COVID-19 cases, will remain in orange zone next week

  Ottawa added 56 new cases of COVID-19 to its totals on Friday as the city waits to see whether the province will shift the region into more restrictive coronavirus controls.

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  Feb 26, 2021
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• Coronavirus: ‘Real possibility’ Ottawa moves to red zone next week, Etches says

  Ottawa's COVID-19 levels have been trending higher as of late, putting the city at risk of tighter coronavirus restrictions yet again, Dr. Vera Etches said Wednesday.

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  Feb 24, 2021