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Statistics shared by public health show 400 people who contracted the virus have been hospitalized.
The weekly rate of new cases per 100,000 population is 124 more than three times the level that would allow the city to move out of lockdown and into the red control zone of the province s COVID-19 framework.
Twenty-nine outbreaks in the city are ongoing.
The most recent outbreaks were declared at Clarion Nursing Home and the Hamilton Downtown Family YMCA on Dec. 29 after each facility reported one staff case.
Haldimand-Norfolk
Ten new cases of COVID-19 were tallied in Haldimand and Norfolk on Tuesday.
The counties have recorded 887 positive cases, including 81 that are active and 767 that are recovered.