LATEST: Latest confirmed cases in Hamilton are mostly under the age of 10

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Published June 25, 2020 at 7:48 pm

As of Thursday (June 25), the City of Hamilton is reporting that there have been 819 cases of COVID-19 in the community since it was first reported here in mid-March.

As of Thursday (June 25), the City of Hamilton is reporting that there have been 819 cases of COVID-19 in the community since it was first reported here in mid-March.

This is five more cases from Wednesday’s reporting. Nine of the cases are considered probable while the other 810 have been confirmed.

There have been 727 cases of the virus resolved in Hamilton, which is approximately 89 per cent of the city’s overall case count.

The numbers show that there are 92 active cases, including those considered probable, in the community for the time being.

To date, 44 people in the city have died from the virus. The latest death was confirmed Wednesday and was an 87-year-old woman who was a former resident of The Rosslyn Retirement Home where an outbreak of the virus has claimed the lives of 16 people so far.

There are no active outbreaks at long-term or congregate care facilities in Hamilton at this time.

There are some troublesome statistics the city is reporting: over the last ten days, a significant majority (24 per cent) of the cases testing positive is under the age of ten. There have been eight confirmed cases among that age group.

Seven people in the 10 to 19 age range have tested positive for the virus in the last 10 days as well, accounting for 21 per cent of the city’s new cases.

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

Meanwhile, Ontario reported 189 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday and 10 more deaths.

That brings the province to a total of 34,205 cases, including 2,641 deaths and 29,528 resolved cases.

That’s an increase of 192 resolved cases over the previous day, continuing a trend of those growing more quickly than active cases.

The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 fell from 278 to 270.

The number of people in intensive care and on ventilators — 69 and 47, respectively — fell to the lowest levels since the province started publicly reporting those figures at the beginning of April.

More than 27,500 tests were completed in the previous day.

— With a file from The Canadian Press

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