coronavirus case count trended downward over the weekend as the local public health unit’s metrics show residents appear to be limiting their contacts.Ottawa Public Health reported 85 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, following increases of 136 cases and 123 cases on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.There have now been 12,371 cases of the virus locally since the start of the pandemic, with 1,232 of those currently considered active.Two additional people have died in connection with COVID-19, raising the city’s death toll of the pandemic to 405 as of Monday.The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ottawa continues to rise, up to 40 on Monday with 10 in the intensive care unit.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest.