What you need to know about COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday, Oct. 22 – CBC
Key updates on COVID-19 in the region
Oct 22, 2021
What’s the latest?
The Ontario government will announce its next reopening steps today. A government source says it will allow businesses such as restaurants, bars and fitness centres to start lifting COVID-19 capacity limits starting on Monday. The province has been at Step 3 of its COVID-19 reopening plan since mid-July.
Carla Qualtrough, Canada’s employment minister, says it’s likely that people who lose their jobs for not complying with employer COVID-19 vaccine policies will not be eligible for employment insurance.
Canada has quietly lifted a blanket advisory against all non-essential travel outside the country, an advisory that had been in place since the pandemic was declared in March 2020.
Ottawa Public Health reported 35 more COVID-19 cases Thursday and no deaths.
How many cases are there?
As of Wednesday, Ottawa has a total of 30,590 cases of COVID-19. There are 226 known active cases, 29,762 cases are considered resolved, and 602 people have died from the illness.
