Posted: Dec 29, 2020 4:53 PM ET | Last Updated: December 29, 2020
An immunization station is shown at Hamilton s first COVID-19 vaccine clinic. The city recorded 162 more cases of the virus on Tuesday.(Submitted by Hamilton Health Sciences)
Hamilton is reporting 162 new cases of COVID-19 and four more deaths on Tuesday as dozens of outbreaks continue across the city.
The city has recorded 5,826 cases during the pandemic (both confirmed and probable). Of those, 1,317 are active and 4,292 resolved.
Statistics shared by public health show 162 people who had the virus have died, an increase of four compared to the day before. Three of the people who died were 80 or older and one was between 60 and 69, according to the city s website.
Six more COVID-19 cases reported at Hamilton schools
Five more people in the local public school board and one more student in the Catholic board have tested positive for COVID-19.
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Posted: Dec 13, 2020 1:19 PM ET | Last Updated: December 13, 2020
There are more people with COVID-19 in both the public and catholic school boards in Hamilton. (David Donnelly/CBC) comments
Five more people in the local public school board and one more student in the Catholic board have tested positive for COVID-19.
One staff member at C.B. Stirling Elementary School was confirmed as having the virus on Friday, after a student had tested positive earlier in the week. There is no link between the cases, according to the school, so no outbreak has been declared.