LATEST: No new COVID-19 cases as Hamilton prepares to enter Stage 3 of reopening
Published July 23, 2020 at 6:30 pm
The day before Hamilton enters into Stage 3 of reopening, the city is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 in the community in the last 24 hours.
The day before Hamilton enters into Stage 3 of reopening, the city is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 in the community in the last 24 hours.
As of Thursday (July 23), there have been 881 cases of COVID-19 reported in Hamilton since the middle of March; of these, 872 have been confirmed and nine are considered probable.
Starting Friday (July 24), Hamilton will be entering Stage 3 of reopening. This means most businesses will be allowed to reopen but only with measures in place to help reduce the spread of the virus.
The City of Hamilton also announced that playground structures will be reopening to the public on Friday as well and so too will the Gage Park Tropical Greenhouse.
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People accessing these amenities are required to practice physical distancing, repeated hand washing and wear a mask at the Greenhouse.
The local death toll related to COVID-19 remains 44.
It’s been exactly one month since Hamilton’s death toll went up. A woman who was a resident of the Rosslyn Nursing Home died on June 23 in hospital and hers was the most recent death in the community associated with the virus.
The outbreak at The Rosslyn claimed the lives of 16 residents of the facility, which has since had its operating licence revoked.
There is currently one active outbreak being reported at a Hamilton congregate-care facility tested positive for the virus last week.
The number of resolved cases in Hamilton is up to 822, representing approximately 93 per cent of overall cases.
The numbers show that there are currently 15 known active cases in the community at the moment.
Meanwhile, Ontario is reporting 103 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday, and no new deaths related to the novel coronavirus.
The total number of cases now stands at 38,210, which includes 2,755 deaths and 33,963 resolved cases.
There were 151 resolved cases newly reported Thursday.
The province says it was able to complete more than 26,000 tests the previous day.
It also says 154 people are in hospital because of the virus, including 35 people in intensive care and 21 on ventilators.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says 28 of the province’s 34 public health units are reporting five or fewer cases.
— with a file and photo from The Canadian Press
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