Hamilton, Ontario’s total number of COVID-19 cases spiked on Thursday with 30 new positive tests, according to public health.
The jump brings the total number of people affected by the virus to 301, with another five probable cases. The city also revealed it’s eleventh death connected to the new coronavirus – a 74-year-old man who had no connection to a long-term care facility or retirement residence.
He passed away in hospital on Wednesday. Public health also revealed another outbreak, this time at Emmanuel House – a hospice on Stinson Street.
Four staff members from the facility tested positive for the new coronavirus this week. The city has six institutional outbreaks across the city including St.