COVID-19 cases in the city’s shelter system.Joining the existing shelter at the Bennetto Community Centre on Hughson Street will be the Central Memorial Recreation Centre, which adds capacity for about 30 people who qualify for the service.EOC director Paul Johnson said the move was in response to an increase in cases within city shelters reported by public health over the last number of weeks, including a large outbreak at the Salvation Army Booth centre.
Hamilton’s public schools yet to produce COVID-19 case from testing clinics “We have been doing this since the very early stages of the pandemic,” said Johnson.“This is an additional isolation shelter because, quite frankly, we have so many cases that we are not able to handle them.