COVID-19 cases on Thursday and four more deaths.Public health said delays from labs uploading data accounted for the steep increase in positive cases from the 31 reported on Wednesday.The city’s average number of new cases over the last 10 days has been around 102 per day.
The total number of active cases moved from 1,260 on Wednesday to 1,386 as of Dec. 31.Hamilton has four more coronavirus-related deaths with three tied to the outbreaks at Chartwell Willowgrove long-term care home (LTCH), Grace Villa retirement home, and Juravinski hospital.Grace Villa has reported a total of 225 positive cases and thirty-eight deaths since Nov.