COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and has now passed 1000 active cases for the first time.The city has 1,059 active cases as of Dec.
23 and has 147 deaths tied to the coronavirus pandemic after adding 6 more over the past week.The new deaths all come from institutions battling outbreaks, including three people from the Shalom Village nursing home which has recorded a total of nine deaths in an outbreak that started on Dec.
9. Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) has now deployed staff to the home for support. The home has recorded 117 coronavirus cases in the outbreak.Meanwhile, HHS staff have also been deployed to the Grace Villa retirement home which now has recorded 216 cases since an outbreak started on Nov.