COVID-19 cases on the weekend and city’s 405th death tied to the pandemic on Monday.Health officials learned of the death last Wednesday and say it was a person in their 70s who had contracted the virus.Active cases surpassed the 500 mark on the weekend, moving from a reported 495 on Friday to 569 on Monday.
Over 76 per cent of those are among people under 50 and about 47 per cent in those 29 and under.It’s the first time in almost three months Hamilton has had over 500 active cases when public health reported 505 on June 1.
Ontario reports 694 new COVID-19 cases, 0 deaths The city still has the second largest number of tests returning positive for COVID-19 from Ontario labs according to IC/ES data taken from the week of Aug.