LATEST: Hamilton reports nine new COVID-19 cases as some rec facilities reopen as cooling centres

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Published May 25, 2020 at 8:15 pm

The City of Hamilton is reporting nine new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the city’s total to 647 as of Monday (May 25) afternoon.

The City of Hamilton is reporting nine new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the city’s total to 647 as of Monday (May 25) afternoon.

There are 640 confirmed cases of the virus and seven probable, according to the data provided on the city’s COVID-19 website.

There have been 32 deaths associated with the virus in Hamilton so far.

Two more deaths were reported over the weekend — both were residents of The Rosslyn Retirement Home, Hamilton’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Elizabeth Richardson confirmed Monday.

Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger said there will be several municipal facilities over the next couple of days to act as cooling centres as the city finds itself under a heat warning.

The facilities are open for people to use for cooling off, but there is no programming offered and physical distancing protocols will be in effect at all locations.

“These are going to be waiting rooms, essentially,” said the director of Hamilton’s Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), Paul Johnson. “They are a resting station, basically.”

The cooling centres are open starting Monday from 1 to 9 p.m. They are:

  • Central Memorial Community Centre, 93 West Ave. South, Hamilton
  • Ryerson Recreation Centre, 251 Duke St., Hamilton
  • Norman Pinky Lewis Rec Centre, 192 Wentworth St. North, Hamilton
  • Bernie Morelli Recreation Centre, 876 Cannon St. East
  • Stoney Creek Rec Centre, 45 King St. West, Stoney Creek
  • Rosedale Arena & Senior Centre, 100 Greenhill Ave., Hamilton
  • Hamilton Central Library, 55 York Blvd., Hamilton

Of Hamilton’s COVID-19 cases, 421 have been resolved, or 65 per cent of the city’s overall cases have recovered.

There are 63 people being treated for the virus in Hamilton hospitals as of Monday afternoon.

Meanwhile, Ontario reported more than 400 new COVID-19 cases Monday for a fifth straight day, along with persistently low levels of tests.

That brings the total in the province to 25,904 cases, including 2,102 deaths — an increase of 29 over the previous day.

The total also includes 19,698 resolved cases, which represents 76 per cent of all cases, a third straight day of that percentage declining, as the amount of active cases increases.

The 404 new cases represent an increase of 1.6 per cent over Sunday’s total. Ontario has now seen growth rates of between 1.5 and 1.9 per cent for 16 of the past 17 days, and the chief medical officer of health has said the province’s curve appears to be in a plateau.

— With a file and photo from The Canadian Press

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