Hamilton reported seven new COVID-19 outbreaks from the weekend bumping the city’s total number of active outbreaks to 11 as of Monday afternoon.
The new outbreaks involve three long-term care homes, a retirement home, a retail outlet, a restaurant and a government operation.
The city reported 43 new coronavirus cases on Monday and 60 new coronavirus cases over a three day period on the weekend to bump the total number of cases during the pandemic to 1,869 as of Nov. 2.
Public health says the new outbreaks involve 11 employees at:
- Service Ontario outlet on Dundurn Street: two cases
- Lululemon Athletica in Limeridge Mall: two cases
- Villa Italia on Upper Paradise Road: one case
- Hamilton Continuing Care at Wentworth Street South: one case
- Shalom Village LTC near King Street West and Macklin Street North: one case
- Revera Baywoods Place LTC on Main Street East: one case
- Castelli Cucina Restaurant on James Street North, south of Barton: one case
Public health says the city’s 11 active outbreaks involve 59 people as of Monday at:
- four long-term care homes, including Chartwell Willowgrove, Hamilton Continuing Care, Shalom Village and Baywood Place.
- one retirement home (Villa Italia)
- one church (Restoration Full Gospel Church)
- one school (St. Marguerite d’Youville Catholic Elementary)
- one heavy equipment company (SkyLift Rentals)
- one retailer (Lululemon Athletica – Limeridge Mall)
- one government organization (Service Ontario – 50 Dundurn Street)
- one restaurant (Castelli Cucina)
The outbreak at Chartwell Willowgrove on Old Mohawk Road grew over the weekend, adding another 18 positive cases. The outbreak now involves 40 people: 22 residents and 18 staff members.
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Outbreaks declared over on the weekend include three institutions: Dundurn Place Care Centre; Cardinal residences; Wentworth Lodge and Macassa Lodge. An outbreak involving six members of a local basketball team was also declared over.
Hamilton has 198 active cases with four people in hospital with COVID-19.
Thirty-five per cent (83) of the city’s 238 new coronavirus cases in the last 10 days have been among people under the age of 30.
During that time, 41 per cent (97) of the new cases were acquired through a close contact.
Since the pandemic began Hamilton has had 48 virus-related deaths.
Halton Region reports 46 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, 53 on Monday
Public Health Halton says the region now has 2,255 total COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, reporting 46 new cases over the weekend and another 53 on Nov. 2.
Halton reported two new outbreaks at the Chartwell Brant Centre long-term care home in Burlington and the Revera Trafalgar Lodge retirement home in Oakville. No details were released by public health on how many people have been affected by the outbreaks.
The outbreak at Chartwell Waterford grew by 12 cases on the weekend for a total of 44 tied to 27 residents, six staff members and 11 others connected with the home. The facility has three deaths since the outbreak began on Oct. 13.
Tansley Woods also saw case numbers at the retirement home go up by two over the weekend for a total of 45 involving 33 residents, 10 staff cases, and two others. The facility has had seven deaths since the outbreak began on Oct. 13.
Halton has six outbreaks involving at least 110 people at three long-term care homes (Wyndham Manor and Chartwell Waterford in Oakville, as well as Chartwell Brant Centre in Burlington) and three retirement homes (Village of Tansley Woods in Burlington; Traflager Lodge in Oakville; and Amica Georgetown).
An outbreak involving one staff member at the Post Inn Village in Oakville was declared over on the weekend.
The region has 247 active cases as of Nov. 2, with Oakville accounting for 111 and Burlington accounting for 53 cases.
Public Health Halton says 46.6 per cent (140) of its 300 new cases in the last 10 days were among residents under the age of 39. Burlington accounts for 64 of the total new cases in the last 10 days with 31 (48.4 per cent) under the age of 39.
The region says there are nine people in hospital with COVID-19.
Halton has 36 COVID-19-related deaths since the pandemic began.
Niagara Region reports 54 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, 20 on Monday
Niagara public health reported 74 new COVID-19 cases since Friday to put the region’s total number of cases at 1,482 since the pandemic began.
There are currently 164 active cases as of Nov. 2.
The region has also recorded five more coronavirus deaths over the past four days. Niagara now has 74 virus-related deaths since March.
There are five outbreaks connected with the coronavirus at two retirement homes (The Meadows of Dorchester, and River Road Retirement in Niagara Falls), and three long-term care homes (Millennium Trail Manor in Niagara Falls; West Park Health Centre; and Gilmore Lodge in Fort Erie).
Niagara Health hospital is reporting that the outbreak at Millennium Trail Manor in Niagara Falls involves 23 positive cases among 11 residents and 12 staff. Two resident deaths have been connected with the outbreak which began on Sept. 29.
An outbreak at the Rapelje Lodge LTC was declared over on the weekend.
Four hundred and two (27.1 per cent) of the area’s COVID-19 cases have been connected with long-term care or retirement homes in the region.
Since the pandemic was declared, 44 per cent (652) of the region’s 1,482 cases have occurred in people under the age of 39.
Haldimand-Norfolk reports six new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, 2 on Monday
Over the last four days, the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit (HNHU) reported eight more COVID-19 cases to put the region total since the pandemic began to 544 lab-confirmed positive cases.
Officials say there are 26 active cases as of Nov. 2.
Public health says 35.3 per cent (190) of all cases in the region involve people between the ages of 20 and 39.
The region has one current outbreak at Stelco in Lake Erie. Public health says the outbreak involves two employees at the steel manufacturers’ pickle lines.
Haldimand-Norfolk has had 32 COVID-19-connected deaths with 27 tied to residents at Anson Place Care Centre, a nursing home in Hagersville.
Brant County reports 24 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, 4 on Monday
Brant County’s health unit reported 28 additional COVID-19 cases over the last four days. The region has had 285 confirmed cases since the pandemic began.
There are 59 active cases as of Nov. 2 with four people receiving hospital care.
The region reported two new outbreaks on the weekend at a hair salon in Lynden Park Mall in Brantford and a retirement home in Mount Pleasant.
Public health says three cases of COVID-19 were found in individuals from Salon Mirage who did not have clear, identifiable transmission sources outside of the business.
The people involved were at the salon between Oct. 22 and Oct. 28. So far, no customers have tested positive for COVID-19, according to public health.
Meanwhile, one resident has tested positive for the coronavirus at the Brucefield Manor Retirement on Mount Pleasant Road.
Brant County now has four outbreaks at the salon as well as two retirement homes (Riverview Terrace in Brantford and Brucefield Manor) and an outbreak at Hardy Terrace long-term care home in Brantford involving one staff member.
The outbreak at Riverview Terrace involves 13 people including 10 residents.
Public health says 35 per cent (100) of all cases in the county involve people between the ages of 20 and 39.
The region has had five deaths tied to COVID-19 infection.
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