The COVID-19 pandemic

[tomh009]

Ottawa back into the 30s; the GTA is at 1,215 cases, with probably a third of those in Brampton.

Ottawa seems all over the map.  I'm wondering whether it doesn't reflect variations in the number of tests being done?

I looked on their web site, and Ottawa Public Health publishes a lot of data. Unfortunately parts of it lag about a week behind so not useful for this question.

The testing pattern is clear, though: they are averaging about 1,700 tests/day (similar to Waterloo Region on a per capita basis) but the weekends are about half that; those end up being processed on Sunday and Monday -- and reported on Monday and Tuesday. So, I don't think test volumes are the answer here.

But, in the end, the sample sizes in Ottawa are fairly small, the same as here, so more variation is to be expected. The seven-day averages will be muc more useful in gauging progress.