TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, House of PainT hip-hop festival and the newcomer, City Sounds, bring music and arts to local neighbourhoods and online starting this week.
Fast Facts: Ottawa s medical officer of health expects the province will move the city into the Red-Control zone within the week. Ottawa s incidence rate of COVID-19 cases per capita rose again on Tuesday. Local festival organizers are planning to hold an outdoor concert in Ottawa with rapid COVID-19 testing as a dry run for bigger shows.
COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data):
New COVID-19 cases: 59 cases yesterday
Total COVID-19 cases: 15,696
COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (previous seven days): 46.3
Positivity rate in Ottawa: 2.5 per cent (Mar. 8 to Mar. 14)
Reproduction Number: 1.07 (seven day average)
Testing: Ottawa Public Health says there are five reasons to seek testing for COVID-19:
OTTAWA An outdoor concert at Lansdowne Park later this month will feature rapid COVID-19 screening and could serve as a dry run for larger concerts later this year. But it s already facing a significant roadblock as the city s top doctor warns Ottawa could soon move into the red zone, which would cut outdoor gathering limits by 75 per cent. Organizers are calling the “Long Road Back” on March 27 the first event of its kind in Canada, and say it could pave the way to safely reopening the live music industry. “As we look ahead to the summer of 2021 and beyond, establishing best practices for live music events now is critical,” said Mark Monahan, the executive director of Ottawa Bluesfest. “In order to produce summer and fall events, rapid COVID-19 antigen screening is needed to demonstrate live concerts can happen safely.”