LATEST: Hamilton’s rate of resolved COVID-19 cases climbs to more than 90%

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Published July 6, 2020 at 7:59 pm

As of Monday (July 6), there have been 854 cases of COVID-19 in Hamilton since the first case was confirmed in the community on March 11.

As of Monday (July 6), there have been 854 cases of COVID-19 in Hamilton since the first case was confirmed in the community on March 11.

Of the cases, 846 have been confirmed and eight are considered probable.

There have been 11 news cases found since we last reported on them on Friday (July 3).

The City of Hamilton has not recorded any new COVID-19-related fatalities since almost two weeks ago on June 24. Since then, Hamilton’s death toll has remained 44.

There are no active institutional or community outbreaks being reported at this time and it has been that way for a number of weeks now.

The number of resolved COVID-19 cases has climbed to 769, which accounts for 91 per cent of Hamilton’s overall case count.

This means there are fewer than 90 active cases of COVID-19 in the community for the time being.

Three people are currently being treated for the virus in Hamilton hospitals.

Meanwhile, Ontario reported 154 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, along with 160 newly resolved cases.

The province also saw no new deaths due to the virus over the previous day, the first time that has happened since late March.

The total number of cases now stands at 35,948, which includes 31,426 marked as resolved and 2,689 deaths.

The province completed roughly 17,303 tests for the novel coronavirus over the previous 24 hours.

— with a file and photo from The Canadian Press

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