LATEST: Number of active COVID-19 cases in Hamilton continues to drop

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Published July 22, 2020 at 7:46 pm

As of Wednesday (July 22), the City of Hamilton is reporting that there have been 881 cases of COVID-19 in the community — this is down two cases from Tuesday’s reporting.

As of Wednesday (July 22), the City of Hamilton is reporting that there have been 881 cases of COVID-19 in the community — this is down two cases from Tuesday’s reporting.

Previously, a representative from the City of Hamilton explained to InTheHammer that a decrease in the reported numbers is likely a result of the city’s quality assurance team cleaning up the data.

The number of confirmed cases is 872 while the number considered probably is nine. The number of resolved cases has climbed to 821, accounting for approximately 93 per cent of Hamilton’s overall cases.

The local COVID-19-related death toll remains 44. Hamilton has gone almost one month without reporting a new death associated with the virus.

The numbers show that there are currently fewer than 20 known active cases of the virus in the community at the moment.

Ontario reported 165 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, as well as two new deaths.

The total number of cases now stands at 38,107, which includes 2,755 deaths and 33,812 resolved cases.

There were 207 resolved cases newly reported on Wednesday, marking the first time in several days that the figure has been higher than the number of new diagnoses.

Provincial data showed nearly 23,000 COVID-19 tests were completed over the previous day.

Health Minister Christine Elliott said just over half of Wednesday’s cases came from people under the age of 40, similar to new case numbers released on Tuesday.

About 28 of the province’s 34 public health units reported five new cases or fewer, she added.

— with a file and photo from The Canadian Press

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