Ontario COVID-19 Update

A stark warning from Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer saying the window to flatten the curve is getting narrow.

4 new Hamilton cases have been reported this weekend bringing our total here to 5.

There has been 1 new case in Niagara today. A woman in her 50’s who recently travelled to Egypt bringing the region’s total to 2.

In Halton, there have been 3 cases.

The province is reporting 42 new cases of COVID-19.

It is the biggest single-day spike in the province since the outbreak began.

In total 145 people have tested positive. 5 of those cases have been resolved, more than 7000 were found to be negative.

In a statement Niagara region, public health says the woman in her 50’s who tested positive “has interacted only with a family member during the time she may have been contagious, and has not exposed anyone in the community.”

Hamilton public health continues to work through its new cases which include a 3-month-old baby who contracted the virus from a relative who had recently travelled.