Eight New Cases of COVID-19 in Niagara

Wednesday, 5 August 2020 12:09

By Marcie Culbert

We have eight new cases of COVID-19 in Niagara today.

Public Health says we still have 58 active cases in the Region and Niagara-on-the-Lake still has a majority of them.

No active cases have been reported in Thorold, Wainfleet, Port Colborne or West Lincoln.

We currently have seven active outbreaks and our death toll stands at 64.

A total of 877 people have now been infected with the virus since the pandemic began.

The province is reporting 86 new cases today with 22 health units reporting no new cases at all.

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