COVID-19 infections continued to rise on Thursday, with another eight people reported to have checked one of the city’s hospitals in the last few days — two of whom required treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU).As of Aug.
19, both of Hamilton’s hospital agencies are reporting a combined 44 COVID patients with 14 in ICUs.The current level of the city’s admissions is comparable to those having to seek acute care last December during the third wave of the pandemic, according to data from both Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) and St.