Members of the Palestinian community in Ottawa say they are being unfairly targeted after being issued nearly $1,500 in fines during a demonstration downtown Saturday by city bylaw.
Fast Facts: Ottawa will remain under a stay-at-home order for one more week. Kingston and Renfrew s stay-at-home order ends Wednesday. Ottawa Public Health reported a decrease in the number of active COVID-19 cases on Monday, but an increase in some weekly trends. An asymptomatic testing blitz of local school students and their families found eight positive cases out of 175 people. Ottawa Bylaw handed out nearly two dozen verbal warnings but no tickets on the Rideau Canal Skateway this past weekend.
COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data):
New COVID-19 cases: 38 new cases on Sunday
Total COVID-19 cases: 13,708
Fast Facts: Ottawa has seen more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases in the past week. Ottawa Bylaw issued 500 verbal warnings for COVID-19 violations over the weekend, but one councillor is calling for fines. Gatineau police ticketed more than three dozen people who broke Quebec s nightly COVID-19 curfew on the weekend. Ontario will announce new COVID-19 restrictions today, but sources say a curfew will not be among them.
COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data):
New cases: 127 new cases on Monday
Total COVID-19 cases: 11,505
COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (previous seven days): 95.8
Positivity rate in Ottawa: 4.6 per cent (Jan. 4 - Jan. 10)