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Fast Facts: Ontario is postponing March Break for students and teachers in elementary and secondary schools until the week of April 12 Ontario will announce the colour-coded restrictions for Ottawa and eastern Ontario today; Ottawa expected to move to the Orange-Restrict zone on Feb. 16. Ottawa Public Health reports the 21
st straight day with fewer than 100 new cases of COVID-19 211 service sees increase in calls for help during the pandemic
COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data):
New COVID-19 cases: 56 new cases on Thursday
Total COVID-19 cases: 13,815
COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (previous seven days): 30.8
Positivity rate in Ottawa: 1.5 per cent (Feb. 3 – Feb. 9)
OTTAWA The 211 service in Ottawa and across Canada is seeing an increase in calls for help accessing food, financial aid, mental health services and housing during the COVID-19 pandemic. New statistics from United Way Centraide Canada shows a 30 per cent increase in calls to 211 across Canada in March to December 2020, compared to the same period in 2019. Thursday is 211 Day, a day to raise awareness about the service. Mayor Jim Watson has proclaimed Thursday 211 Day in the City of Ottawa. “211 is a service that anybody can call for government, social, health, community services and its 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. It’s available all the time,” said John Hoyles, executive director of Community Information Centre of Ottawa and 211 East.