Ottawa Public Health is reporting two new deaths related to COVID-19 on Wednesday, marking the first day with multiple fatalities in the coronavirus pandemic since June 14.
OPH meanwhile reported 25 new cases of COVID-19 in the city as the number of active cases continued to decline, falling to 360.
There are now nine people in hospital with COVID-19 locally, three of whom are in the intensive care unit.
No new COVID-19 outbreaks were declared in Ottawa on Wednesday, but OPH is reporting higher numbers of cases in an outbreak affecting a now-shuttered school.
Some 21 students have now tested positive for the virus at École élémentaire publique Mauril-Bélanger, up from 11 reported when the school was first closed on Monday.
Another outbreak at St. Benedict Catholic School in Barrhaven has grown to 35 confirmed cases among students.
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