coronavirus positivity rate on Wednesday amid 41 new COVID-19 cases in the nation’s capital.There have now been 9,159 cases of the novel coronavirus in Ottawa since the start of the pandemic, with 361 of those currently considered active, a slight drop from Tuesday.There were no new deaths related to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, according to OPH.The local public health unit reports that the percentage coronavirus test coming back positive is down to 1.3 per cent from Dec.
9 through Dec. 15, down from 1.5 per cent during the previous period.The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 remains relatively steady at 24, with two patients currently in intensive care.