Hamilton Public Health (HPH) believes they may now have 261 cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday — reporting five probable new cases.
The city still stands at 256 confirmed cases as of April 14. Sixty-one of the city’s cases are tied directly to individuals who have recently travelled, while 68 are believed to be community-acquired.
Twenty-one people are in Hamilton hospitals receiving treatment for the disease: eight at St Joseph’s and 13 at Hamilton Health Sciences facilities.
Public health says 119 of the city’s cases have been resolved. The city says there are seven institutional outbreaks, six of them at nursing homes.