Record number of new COVID-19 cases in Hamilton: 150

Hamilton is reporting a record number of new cases of COVID-19  — 150 just in the last day.

Hamilton Public Health is reporting serious concerns about the accelerating rise in cases and some are wondering if a lockdown is now likely. Matt Ingram reports.

Hamilton

• 4,312 total cases, up 150 from Sunday
• 3,357 resolved cases
• 799 active cases
• 119 deaths, up five from Sunday
• 50 in hospital

The outbreak at Grace Villa has grown to 173 cases — 115 residents and 58 staff. That’s up from the 132 COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday.

Two of the five deaths reported on Monday are two female residents of Grace Villa in their late 90s. A third Grace Villa resident, a man in his early 70s, also died.

The city says one of the other deaths is a man in his early 80s connected to the Juravinski Hospital outbreak, which is now connected to 52 cases.

The fifth death is a man in his early 60s unrelated to any outbreak.