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

Friday, 14 August 2020 12:04

By Marcie Culbert

We only have one new case of COVID-19 in Niagara.

Public Health says we have 38 active cases going into the weekend.

None of those cases are in Fort Erie, Grimsby, Port Colborne, Wainfleet or West Lincoln.

Lincoln currently has the most active cases in the Region followed by Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Falls and St. Catharines.

We currently have six outbreaks and our death toll remains at 64.

Ontario is reporting 92 new cases of the virus and this includes yesterdays data from Toronto Public Health.

Health Minister Christine Elliott also says only nine people remain on ventilators across the province.

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