OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health is reporting another 176 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Ottawa and one more person has died. This brings Ottawa's pandemic totals to 18,436 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 469 deaths among residents since the pandemic began. The weekly incidence rate of cases per 100,000 population continues to climb to record levels. This is the 13th straight day that Ottawa has reported a daily case count in the triple digits. It is the longest triple-digit case count streak of the pandemic so far. OPH also reported nine new cases of suspect COVID-19 varaints and one more death is linked to a variant of concern or mutation.