114 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more outbreaks in Hamilton
CBC News | Posted: December 28, 2020 9:02 PM | Last Updated: December 28, 2020
36 people linked to Grace Villa outbreak have died
The City of Hamilton has declared four new outbreaks and 114 new cases of COVID-19 as of Monday.
It follows a weekend that saw more than 200 new cases in the city, with 162 cases of the virus being reported on Saturday and 77 new cases on Sunday.
There are now 1,250 active cases in Hamilton, according to updated data from the city's website. Hamilton has tallied 5,664 cases overall since the start of the pandemic, of which 4,202 have been resolved.
Four more people have died, bringing total deaths to 158 people.
Four outbreaks were added to the City of Hamilton database. Here are the details:
- Carol Anne's Place, a YWCA drop-in centre, had one staff test positive.
- Timothy Christian School has four total cases, including three students and one staff.
- Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Elementary School has two students with the virus.
- The Village of Wentworth Heights Retirement Home has one staff with the virus.
36 people at Grace Villa have died
Four more people linked to the outbreak at Grace Villa have died, bringing its death toll to 36. Two more residents at the home have the virus. Its outbreak, which started on Nov. 25, has grown to include 224 people, of which 143 are residents and 81 are staff.
There are now eight residents, one staff and one visitor linked to the outbreak at The Meadows Long-term Care Home.
The city says the outbreak at Idlewyld Manor Long-term Care home has ended. It started on Nov. 6, and was declared over as of Dec. 27. There were 25 cases associated with the outbreak, including 13 residents and 12 staff. One person died.
The city also declared the outbreak at Dr. J. E. Davey Elementary School as over. One student and one staff were infected.
Another staff member at Dundurn Place Care Centre has the virus, and the number of residents with the virus at St. Elizabeth Retirement Residence has increased to four.
The outbreak at Franco's No Frills continues to grow, with the total numbers of employees infected rising by one to 14. Two days after its outbreak began, the 640 Queenston Road store was charged by Hamilton bylaw officers for breaking COVID-19 rules.
A worker at a Hamilton Fortinos has tested positive, according to the database of its parent company Loblaw. The employee last worked in the store, located at 1550 Upper James Street, on Dec. 20.
A Fortinos in Waterdown also had a worker test positive. The employee last worked at the 115 Hamilton Street North store on Dec. 19.
The database also says an employee at a Wholesale Club, located at 2255 Barton Street East has the virus. They last worked on Dec. 19.
Niagara
Twenty-two more people with the virus have died, bringing total number of deaths in the Niagara region to 121.
There were 82 new COVID-19 cases in the region, which has seen 3,615 cases over the course of the pandemic as of Monday. Of these, 760 were active and 2,734 were resolved.
Twenty-four outbreaks are ongoing.
A worker at a Zehrs in Niagara Falls has tested positive. They last worked in the 6940 Morrison Street store on Dec. 23.
Brant
Three members of the Brantford Police Service have tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the Brant County Health Unit to declare a workplace outbreak at the Brantford Police Service Station.
According to the service, the members who tested positive work in a support role and aren't front line officers. They were last at work on Dec. 18.
The outbreak, which was effective as of Dec. 27, was declared because there were two or more laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases with a link to each other within a 14-day period.
These are the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 within the service, says a media release.
All areas where those with the virus worked have undergone a deep cleaning, says the service, and all members are being screened for the virus daily.
The service is working with the health unit to follow contact tracing.
Brant and Brantford have reported eight new cases of COVID-19 within the past 24 hours.
There have been 826 confirmed cases in the county so far. Of those, 135 were active on Monday and 686 were resolved.
Five people have died and five are currently in hospital.
Halton
The number of COVID-19 cases in Halton rose by 87 on Monday for a total of 5,637 so far.
Data shows 503 of those cases are active and 5,027 are resolved.
Thirty-three of the new cases were in Burlington, which has seen 1,407 cases since the start of the pandemic. There are 148 active cases in the city.
Twenty-four people in Burlington who had COVID-19 have died, while 107 have died across the region.
A worker at a Burlington Fortinos, located at 2515 Appleby Line, has tested positive for the virus, according to the Loblaw database. They last worked on Dec. 20, and the test was confirmed as positive on Sunday.
The outbreak at the Chartwell Lakeshore Retirement Residence has infected 38 people, including 25 residents, seven staff, and six "non-Halton" cases. Five residents have died.
Haldimand-Norfolk
There are three more cases in Haldimand and Norfolk, and the counties have recorded 865 cases throughout the pandemic. Seventy-six of those cases are active, while 750 are recovered.
Thirty-four deaths are considered COVID-related.
Six Nations
Six Nations of the Grand River has recorded five active cases of COVID-19 as of Dec. 27 at 6:00 p.m. There have been 106 total cases.
Six Nations of the Grand River is in the "Red Alert Level" of its COVID-19 pandemic response.