Twenty New COVID-19 Cases in Niagara

Monday, 8 March 2021 13:48

By Linda Morgan

Niagara Public Health is reporting 20 new cases of COVID-19.

The death toll remains at 369, and there are 12 people with the virus in local hospitals.

The region has 209 active cases and 21 active outbreaks.

St. Catharines has 52 active cases, followed by 46 in Niagara Falls.

There are four confirmed variant cases, with 60 more under investigation.

Today the province announced 1631 new cases, but officials say the spike is due to data management issues within Ontario's COVID-19 contact management system.

There are 568 new cases in Toronto, 322 in Peel and 119 in York Region.

There were also ten more deaths in Ontario.

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Twenty New COVID-19 Cases in Niagara

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