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The Brant County Health Unit on Friday reported 22 new cases of COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours, with one more person hospitalized because of the virus.
The new positive tests brings to 177 the number of active cases in Brantford-Brant.
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There are now eight local people receiving treatment in Brantford General Hospital, up from seven on Thursday and five on Wednesday.
For the week ended Jan. 3, there were a record 158 cases of the virus reported, topping the previous record of 95 and double the 79 cases reported the previous week.
Author of the article: Vincent Ball
Publishing date: Jan 07, 2021 • January 7, 2021 • 1 minute read • This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, orange, emerging from the surface of cells, green, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. PHOTO BY SUPPLIED /The Canadian Press
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The Brant County Health Unit on Thursday reported 36 new COVID-19 cases, with two more people hospitalized.
The new positive tests brings to 181 the number of active cases in Brantford-Brant.