138 New COVID-19 Cases in Niagara

Tuesday, 29 December 2020 13:02

By Linda Morgan

Niagara Public Health is reporting 138 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths today.

The region currently has 847 active cases and 23 active outbreaks.

Our death toll remains at 121 and there are 56 people fighting the virus in our local hospitals.

Niagara Falls has the highest number of active cases in the region, followed by St. Catharines and Fort Erie.

Ontario reported 2553 COVID-19 cases today, and 1939 cases yesterday.

Today there are 895 cases in Toronto, 496 in Peel, 147 in Windsor-Essex County, 144 in Hamilton and 142 in York Region.

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