LATEST: Five new cases of COVID-19 in Hamilton reported

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Published June 23, 2020 at 6:26 pm

The City of Hamilton is reporting five new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday (June 23) bring the city’s case count to 807 — 798 confirmed and nine probable.

The City of Hamilton is reporting five new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday (June 23) bring the city’s case count to 807 — 798 confirmed and nine probable.

On Monday, the city reported no new cases for the second time in a week.

The city’s 43rd death related to the virus was reported on Monday and Local media sources say that the latest victim was related to an outbreak of the virus at The Rosslyn Retirement Home in East Hamilton.

So far, 15 Rosslyn residents have died from the virus. The 64-bed facility has since had its licence to operate revoked by the provincial body that oversees long-term care facilities.

There are currently no active outbreaks in any of Hamilton’s long-term or congregate care facilities.

The number of resolved cases is up to 719 in Hamilton, accounting for approximately 89 per cent of the city’s overall case count.

When comparing the number of resolved cases to the overall number of COVID-19 cases in Hamilton, it shows that there are less than 100 active cases in the community at the moment.

There are presently 16 people being treated for the virus in Hamilton hospitals.

Meanwhile, Ontario is reporting 216 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday and 10 more deaths.

It’s the highest number of daily new cases in 10 days, but Health Minister Christine Elliott says it’s too early to draw any conclusions.

Tuesday’s new cases bring the provincial total to 33,853 — an increase of 0.6 per cent over the previous day — including 2,619 deaths and 29,107 resolved cases.

There were 174 more resolved cases Tuesday than the previous day, breaking a consistent trend of resolved cases growing more quickly than active ones.

Tuesday also marks the lowest number of completed tests in two weeks, with 16,189.

The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 grew from 265 to 288, while the number of people in intensive care and on ventilators dropped. All three categories are at much lower levels than at the beginning of the month.

Regionally, half of the new cases came from Toronto and Peel, the areas set to move into Stage 2 on Wednesday. Windsor-Essex, the only region to remain in Stage 1, reported 32 new cases.

— With a file and photo from The Canadian Press

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