Article content Ottawa Public Health reported 80 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death on Thursday. There have been 14,950 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 442 deaths, since the first case was reported last March. There are 517 active cases of COVID-19, compared with 497 on Wednesday. Twenty-seven people in hospital, including four in ICU, OPH said. Medical officer of health Dr. Vera Etches warned Wednesday that several key COVID-19 indicators in the city were nearer to the province’s “Red” category Ottawa’s COVID-19 rate is at 38.7 cases per 100,000 people (the Red category threshold is 40 cases), while positivity rate is at 2.1 per cent (Red zone conditions kick in at 2.5 per cent).