Two New Cases of COVID-19 in Niagara

Sunday, 12 July 2020 08:00

By Marcie Culbert

Two more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Niagara.

Public Health says we currently have 26 active cases with most of them in Grimsby.

A total of 772 people have been infected with the virus so far and 684 have recovered.

Our death toll rose to 62 on Friday after Public Health reported its first new death in over a month.

Two people are currently being treated for the virus in Niagara Health hospitals.

Niagara Health has also administered 26,900 COVID tests to date and 489 of them have been positive.

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