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Michael Kras
06 Jan 2021

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Hamilton Paramedic Service’s Lime Ridge base

A workplace outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared at the Hamilton Paramedic Service’s Lime Ridge Base, according to a release from the city. Hamilton Paramedic Service was informed of the outbreak ...

Michael Kras
23 Dec 2020

Hamilton now has over 1,000 active COVID-19 cases for the first time ever

It’s not the kind of record we’re happy to break, but Hamilton just hit over 1,000 currently active COVID-19 cases for the first time since the pandemic first touched the city. Public health repo...

Michael Kras
21 Dec 2020

BREAKING: Ontario is entering province-wide lockdown as of December 26th

With COVID-19 cases continuing to head in a distressing direction, Ontario will officially be seeing a province-wide lockdown this week to help slow the spread of the virus and hopefully avoid overwhe...

Michael Kras
19 Dec 2020

Here’s what being in lockdown means for Hamilton

Though it likely didn’t surprise anyone and some considered it long overdue, the Ford government officially placed Hamilton into the lockdown ‘grey’ zone as COVID-19 cases continue heading in co...

Michael Kras
17 Dec 2020

Ontario hits record-breaking 2,432 new daily COVID-19 cases

Ontario just hit another distressing milestone, with the province reporting a record-breaking 2,432 new confirmed COVID-19 cases; the largest single-day jump since the pandemic began. According to a t...

Michael Kras
15 Dec 2020

Hamilton hits daily record for new COVID-19 cases, might see lockdown

Hamilton hit a new high for daily confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, with 150 new cases reported and the likelihood of the city moving into lockdown growing stronger. In fact, Hamilton’s Mayor Fred...

Michael Kras
14 Dec 2020

This interactive map tracks COVID-19 outbreaks in Hamilton

Want a more visual sense of where Hamilton’s COVID-19 outbreaks are located? A new interactive map has just been created that shows the location of the city’s active outbreaks in places like long-...

Michael Kras
11 Dec 2020

Hamilton has avoided COVID-19 lockdown again

Though trends for new confirmed cases aren’t exactly improving, Hamilton has nonetheless avoided moving into COVID-19 lockdown once again and is being held steady within the red zone. This news come...

Michael Kras
07 Dec 2020

Three COVID-19 outbreaks have been declared at Juravinski Hospital

Hamilton’s Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre has just declared its third concurrent outbreak of COVID-19, with each outbreak currently existing in a different unit of the hospital. As of now, a ...

Michael Kras
30 Nov 2020

Hamilton has surpassed 500 active COVID-19 cases

Hamilton hit some milestones over the weekend; but not really the kind we’re excited to hit. For the first time since the start of the pandemic, Hamilton public health is reporting more than 500 kno...