A 61-year-old Brantford woman has died from COVID-19.
Ryan Spiteri, communications manager for the Brant County Health Unit, said Wednesday that a coroner’s report was received Tuesday evening indicating the virus is the main cause of the woman’s death.
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He noted the woman initially acquired the illness through close contact transmission, but had not been admitted to hospital at the time of her death.
It is the sixth local death attributed to COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic in March.