COVID-19 testing task force is pushing for more residents to get tested for the novel coronavirus as freshly scaled-up lab and assessment centre capacity sits ready for higher demand.Many indicators in Ottawa suggest the city is bucking the province-wide trends of rising coronavirus infection rates as of late.Dr.
Vera Etches, Ottawa’s medical officer of health, said Tuesday the city is seeing a “slow decline” in the level of virus in the community, with indicators such as hospitalizations and new outbreaks stabilizing.But while the local percent positivity continues to drop — down to 2.2 per cent as of Wednesday — the volume of coronavirus testing in Ottawa is also down across all sites, according to the task force in charge of the city’s.