Hamilton Public Health on Tuesday confirmed two new positive cases of COVID-19 at the Fennell campus of Mohawk College. The cases are not connected.
In a new release the college's press secretary and senior communications advisor Bill Steinburg said the first affected student last attended classes at the campus on Wednesday, March 10.
The second affected student last attended classes at the campus on Thursday, March 11.
Students and Mohawk College have been cooperating with Public Health officials in relation to these cases and both students have been instructed to isolate, Steinburg said.
The college says it expects all students and employees to recognize the impact of their actions and to prioritize the health and safety of all community members.
In January the college announced the continuation of virtual and remote classes after the province announced new COVID-19 measures and restrictions.
66 new cases of COVID-19 in Hamilton
Hamilton Public Health Services is reporting 66 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.
There are 547 active cases of COVID-19 in the city with one new death linked to the virus in the last 24 hours.
Hamilton's weekly rate of new cases per 100,000 people is at 76.
Since March, a total of 296 people have died after contracting COVID-19.
There have been 11,381 confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic. The total number of resolved cases now stands at 10,360.
Meanwhile, HPHS is reporting 31 COVID-19 outbreaks in the city as follows:
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10 current institution outbreaks.
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10 current community outbreaks.
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5 current workplace outbreaks.
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6 current school/daycare outbreaks.
The latest outbreak, at Community Church Millgrove/Waterdown, includes a total of nine cases.
Status of vaccine distribution in Hamilton
A total of 59,347 doses of vaccines have been administered as of the end of day March 15, according to Hamilton Public Health Services.
Of this amount, 14,574 doses were administered at mobile clinics and 37,906 at the fixed clinic at Hamilton Health Sciences.
The remaining 6,867 doses were administered at St. Joseph's Healthcare Clinic.
The mobile vaccination clinic has vaccinated residents of long-term care and high-risk retirement homes, shelter populations, and individuals 85-plus years of age.
Brant
The county of Brant has 97 active cases according to data online. There were 17 new cases in the last 24 hours.
There have been 1,635 cases since March 2020 and 12 deaths. There's one person currently hospitalized with COVID-19.
A total of 1,526 cases have been marked as resolved.
There have been 15,958 doses of the vaccine administered.
Haldimand-Norfolk
Haldimand and Norfolk Counties are reporting a total of 49 active cases of COVID-19. There were 10 new cases over the last 24 hours.
There have been 1,513 cases throughout the pandemic. Of those 1,420 have recovered.
The local public health unit has linked the virus to 39 deaths.
There have been 13,397 doses of the vaccine administered.
Halton
The number of COVID-19 cases in Halton rose by 30, for a total of 10,113 so far.
Data indicates 272 of those cases are active.
Ten of the new cases were in Burlington, which has seen 2,555 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. There are 70 active cases in the city.
A total of 199 people across the region have died after being infected with the virus, 49 of them in Burlington.
The region is reporting a total of 257 variant cases, 21 of which have been confirmed as variants of concern. The remaining 236 have been screened positive. These are individuals for whom a mutation was identified in the case's SARS-CoV-2 positive specimen, suggestive of a possible variant of concern.
There have been 40,922 doses of the vaccine administered in Halton.
Niagara
Niagara is reporting 51 new cases of COVID-19. The region has seen 9,004 cases over the course of the pandemic, including 278 that are active.
A total of 373 deaths have been linked to the virus over the course of the pandemic.
Meanwhile, 8,353 cases are now marked as resolved.
There have been 13,809 doses of the vaccine administered in Niagara.
Six Nations
Six Nations of the Grand River has 29 active COVID-19 cases, according to Ohsweken Public Health.
There have been 425 cases reported over the course of the pandemic and eight deaths.
A total of 388 cases have been marked as resolved.
One individual is currently hospitalized as a result of COVID-19.
Six Nations is currently in two weeks of lockdown until Friday, March 19.
During the two-week period programs and services are limited to urgent needs only.
Ontario sees 1,074 new cases of COVID-19
Ontario reported another 1,074 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, as an expert group advising the government on its pandemic response said that the province has entered a third wave fuelled by variants of concern.
Labs also confirmed 25 more cases of the B117 variant, bringing the total to 1,131. Two additional cases of the variant found in South Africa were also confirmed. Identifying a specific variant of concern requires whole genomic sequencing of a sample, an intensive process that leads to significant reporting lags, sometimes up to several weeks.
That means the figures above don't represent the actual number of cases linked to variants of concern. As of yesterday, a total of 9,131 samples that tested positive for COVID-19 had also screened positive for a tell-tale mutation that points to the presence of a variant of concern. Those samples will eventually all undergo whole genomic sequencing.
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