Hamilton, Ontario added 13 more lab-confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, according to the city. Public health says of the city’s 319 total cases, 305 people are symptomatic, and 14 are asymptomatic.
There are five probable cases. The city still has 11 deaths connected to the virus. The latest, a 74-year-old man, passed away in hospital on Wednesday.
Six institutional outbreaks are ongoing across the city including St. Joseph’s special care nursery on the Charlton campus, and at five care homes including Cardinal retirement residence which to date has had 45 COVID-19 resident patients.
Heritage Green nursing home and Kingsberry Place each have one new case among residents at those facilities, while there were no new cases at