TORONTO—New COVID-19 infections maintained a downward trend in Canada’s two most populous provinces on Wednesday, although authorities reported more than 100 new deaths from the disease. Ontario reported another 49 deaths even as its daily case count continued an ongoing downward trend, with 1,670 new cases recorded. Quebec, which saw 53 more COVID-19-related deaths, reported 1,328 new cases. The province said on Wednesday it would not challenge a court order exempting the homeless from a provincewide curfew. “Since the start of the curfew, our desire has been for people experiencing homelessness to be guided to the right resources and not to judicialize them,” said Lionel Carmant, the junior health minister. Premier Francois Legault had previously refused the exemption after a man was found dead this month in a portable toilet in Montreal near a homeless shelter. Public health officials were grappling with several hot spots across the country, including in …