UPDATE: One new COVID-19 death and 23 new cases in Ottawa; Ontario’s new case numbers below 2,000s for second day

As waste water levels continue to drop, so do Ottawa’s new COVID-19 cases.

Ottawa Public Health is reporting 23 new cases of COVID-19 in the city and one new death related to the virus, bringing Ottawa’s death toll to 420.

There are 754 active cases of coronavirus in Ottawa.

There are 33 people currently in Ottawa hospitals with COVID-19, six of whom are in intensive care.

The Eastern Ontario Health Unit is reporting 18 new cases in the area, down from the 51 reported yesterday.

Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit is reporting two new cases, and no new cases are reported by the Renfrew County and District Health Unit.

The province, also recorded a dip in the number of new cases.

The government says Ontario has 1,740 new cases — that’s 11 per cent less than what was reported the day before (1,958).

This is the third day in a row the province has recorded a decline, and the second day in a row Ontario has had new cases below 2,000.

Ontario, though, has 63 new deaths — that’s up from the 43 that were reported on Monday (about a 46 per cent increase).

Since yesterday, 2,261 cases have cleared, bringing the total number of resolved cases to 229,755.

Sixty-eight more people are in hospital (bringing the total to 1,466). However, 14 fewer people are in the ICU, bringing the total down to 383.

The number of patients on a ventilator are up by 15, bringing the total to 298 on a breathing machine.

The province says it has completed 30,717 tests since yesterday — which is about a 15 per cent drop.

This brings Ontario’s positivity rate to almost six per cent.