Hamilton, Ont., reported another death connected to the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday. The city’s 36th death was a 64-year-old man from the community who passed away in hospital on Wednesday.
Public health has 10 new cases of COVID-19 as of Friday, bumping up the city’s total number of cases to 674 overall since the pandemic began.
The city’s count of confirmed positive cases now stands at 667 plus seven probable cases. Four hundred-forty-four of the city’s 664 COVID-19 cases — or 66 per cent — have been resolved.
The city has six institutional outbreaks at four retirement residences (Aberdeen Gardens, Alexander Place, Desmond & Peggy Little Retirement home, and The Rosslyn), one long-term care home (Macassa Lodge) and the COVID-19 unit at