OTTAWA One day after seeing its lowest daily case count in six weeks, Ottawa is seeing an uptick in the daily number of new COVID-19 cases in the city. However, trends including the number of active cases and the weekly average of cases per capita continue to improve. The testing positivity rate has also dropped below three per cent. Ottawa Public Health said 72 more people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19. No new deaths were reported in Ottawa on Wednesday, leaving the city s pandemic death toll at 420 residents.
1,670 new cases were reported across Ontario on Wednesday, the province s lowest daily case count in two months. The province also reported 49 new deaths and 2,725 new resolved cases provincewide.