Niagara Region Public Health Reports 21 New Cases of COVID-19

Tuesday, 28 July 2020 13:02

By Marcie Culbert

We have 21 new cases of COVID-19 in Niagara.

Public Health says we now have 81 active cases in the Region with most of them in Niagara-on-the-Lake followed by Lincoln and Niagara Falls.

Two new outbreaks have also been reported, which means we now have eight active outbreaks.

A total of 854 people have now been infected with the virus since March.

Public Health says 709 of those patients have recovered and 64 others have died.

The province is reporting 111 new cases today and four new deaths.

Ontario has now seen more than 38,900 cases and 2,768 people have died.

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