COVID-19 deaths on Friday and 16 new cases amid the ongoing pandemic.The deaths were connected with a person in their 30s who had the affliction and another in their 50s.
The city has now seen 404 fatalities in people who have contracted COVID-19.As of Aug. 6, the city has 127 active cases and three new active outbreaks tied to five infections reported by public health at facilities in central Hamilton.The largest is at The Bridge supporting housing complex on Barton Street which has three cases tied to a pair of residents and a staffer.
The outbreak at the Good Shepherd Mary’s Place shelter has a single case as does the St. Leonard’s Society of Hamilton on Robert Street near John North.