Ottawa will likely move into the red zone under the province's colour-coded pandemic scale sometime in the next week, as the number of cases and positivity rates continue to rise, says the city's medical officer of health. Dr. Vera Etches told a news conference Tuesday afternoon that the city's key COVID-19 indicators have been firmly in red-zone territory for the past four days and appear to be getting worse. We've passed the red threshold and we're staying in red," Etches said. Ottawa could re-enter the red zone by the end of the week, OPH says CBC News Ottawa 0:59 Dr. Vera Etches, Ottawa’s medical officer of health, says the rate of COVID-19 transmission has increased, meaning the city could find itself facing more restrictions by the end of the week. If Ottawa moves into the red zone before March 27, when the concert is supposed to take place, it would not be allowed.

Source: CBC News March 16, 2021 20:26 UTC