Ottawa is on the verge of entering the red zone on Ontario's colour-coded pandemic scale, as the city sees a sharp rise in COVID-19 in its wastewater and a rise in outbreaks among sports teams — including teams of older adults. Ottawa's Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches said outbreaks are happening in a range of sports from hockey, soccer, skating, tennis, and dance schools. Etches said OPH is seeing outbreaks among sports teams made up of middle-aged and older adults. The threshold for moving into the red zone is 40. Last week, there were 73 new suspected cases involving variants of concern, plus 10 that had already been confirmed.

Source: CBC News March 09, 2021 22:30 UTC