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Author of the article: Brian Thompson
Publishing date: Jan 23, 2021 • January 23, 2021 • 1 minute read •
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Haldimand Norfolk residents wanting to learn about updated COVID-19 statistics will have to be indulgent a little bit longer.
“As work continues on the health unit’s transition to the province’s case and contact management software, we won’t be updating the COVID numbers page this weekend,” explained Matt Terry, Norfolk’s director of corporate communications. “It will be refreshed again on Monday.”
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In a daily update Tuesday morning, the Haldimand Norfolk Health Unit reported 35 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
There are 172 active cases of the virus in Haldimand-Norfolk, where there have been a total of 1,237 confirmed cases since the onset of the pandemic.
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Of those, 1,022 cases have been deemed resolved, while 38 people have died from complications attributed to COVID-19.
An additional five deaths are on record, however the cause of death in those cases was determined to be as a result of other illnesses.