Key COVID-19 numbers in the Ottawa area today

• Ottawa has recorded 52 newCOVID-19 cases and one more death.
• Western Quebec is reporting47 more cases.

Today's Ottawa update

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is reporting 52 newCOVID-19 cases Thursday, as well as onemore death linked to a health-care outbreak. OPH has declared 33 more cases resolved.

The capital remains in the orange zoneonOntario's pandemic scale. Public health officials consider the situation stable.

Numbers to watch

28.9:The number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Ottawa residents, around where it's been most of the month.

40: Ontario's hospitals are calling for regions with 40 active cases per 100,000 residentsto enter a four-week lockdown. Currently, this would affect three of eastern Ontario's six health units, but not Ottawa.

0.97:The average number of people infected by a single COVID-19 case (known as R(t))in Ottawa.

Across the region

Western Quebec's health authority is reporting 47 more COVID-19 cases.