Ontario logs 476 new COVID-19 cases, 14 more deaths

Ontario health officials are reporting 476 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, as well as 14 more deaths due to the disease.

Today’s case count comes after officials reported 429 new cases on Tuesday, 511 new cases on Monday, 580 new cases on Sunday and 704 new cases on Saturday.

Ontario’s rolling seven-day average now stands at 573, down from 610 at this point last week. The seven-day average has been steadily decreasing.

With 39,460 tests processed in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health says the positivity rate in the province fell to 1.7 per cent.

The province recorded 14 new deaths on Wednesday, bringing the total death tally in the province to 9,771.