5 COVID-19 related deaths and 81 new cases reported in Hamilton on Thursday

Five more COVID-19 related deaths were reported by Hamilton Public Health Services on Thursday, pushing the number since the outbreak began to 107.

Public health services said the new fatalities are as follows:

• A woman in her late 90s from Willowgrove. She died on Dec. 8.
• A woman in her early 90s from St. Joseph's Villa. She died on Dec. 8.
• A man in his mid 80s from St. Joseph's Villa. He died on Dec. 8.
• A woman in her early 90s from Grace Villa. She died on Dec. 8.
• A man in his early 90s from the Hamilton Health Sciences outbreak at Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre. He died on Dec. 9.

Earlier this week a third COVID-19 outbreak was declared at Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre after another patient tested positive for the virus.

3.2% of tests in last 7 days had positive result

Health authorities also reported 81 new cases of COVID-19 in the city. This brings the total number of cases over the course of the pandemic to 3,905.

According to HPS, 3.2 per cent of COVID-19 tests within the past seven days had a positive result.

There are currently 47 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Hamilton.

Over the course of the pandemic, there have been 283 people hospitalized or 7 per cent of the total number infected.

Meanwhile, a total of 3,148 cases have now been resolved.

Brant

There have been 16 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Brant and Brantford over the past 24 hours.

The area has reported 587 confirmed cases and five deaths throughout the pandemic.

As of Thursday, there were 54 cases, while 528 were resolved.

Three people with the virus are in hospital.

An outbreak at St. John's College was declared on Tuesday, and two students have the virus. 

An outbreak was also declared on Tuesday for the Walmart at 300 King George Rd. in Brantford. Two staff have tested positive for the virus.

The staff were at the store between the periods of Nov. 17 and 19 and Nov. 28 and 30. 

In a release, the Brant County Health Unit said the staff did not have "clear, identifiable transmission sources" outside of the store. The workers have been told to self-isolate for 10 days, it said. 

Halton

The number of COVID-19 cases in Halton rose by 75 on Thursday to 4,328.

Statistics on the region's website show 427 of those are active, while 3,751 are resolved.

Eighteen of the new cases are in Burlington, which has 154 active cases.

Seventy-five people in Halton have died after being infected with the virus. 

Haldimand-Norfolk

There have been 707 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Haldimand and Norfolk, including 42 that are active and 628 that are recovered.

Thirty-two deaths have been linked to COVID-19.

The counties say there have been 60 new cases announced in the past 14 days. 

Niagara

The region has recorded 2,405 cases over the course of the pandemic, with 35 new cases reported Thursday.

There are 247 active cases and 2,071 are resolved.

There are 87 people in Niagara who had COVID-19 and died. 

There are 15 outbreaks ongoing.

Six Nations

There are no active cases of COVID-19 in Six Nations of the Grand River, as of Tuesday. The First Nation has seen 98 total cases of the virus. There has been one death. 

On Thursday, Ontario reported single-day highs of 1,983 new COVID-19 cases and nearly 62,000 tests.

The province also confirmed that it will administer its first COVID-19 vaccines next Tuesday at two hospitals in Toronto and Ottawa.

The first vaccines will go to health-care workers at long-term care homes and other high-risk places, Premier Doug Ford said in a news release.