Niagara Region Public Health Reports One New Case of COVID-19

Tuesday, 21 April 2020 12:36

By Marcie Culbert

Public Health is only reporting one new case of COVID-19 today.

It says we now have 385 cases in the Region with 147 resolved cases and 33 deaths.

Public Health announced 18 new cases of the virus yesterday.

It says 79.7 percent of Niagara’s cases are self-isolating, 17.1 percent have been hospitalized and 3.1 percent have been admitted to intensive care.

Ontario is reporting 551 new cases of COVID-19 today, which brings the province-wide total to 11,735.

We also have 38 new deaths across the province, which pushes our death toll over to 622.

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