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The Brant County Health Unit on Tuesday reported seven new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.
That is down from the 12 on Monday.
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Active cases also dropped on Tuesday and are now at 108. There were 111 on Monday.
Brantford and Brant County should hit the 80,000 mark for vaccines on Tuesday as the health unit reported 79,788 doses of the vaccine had been administered as of Monday. A total of 6,156 people have completed their vaccination series.
All adults in Ontario turning 18 or older this year are eligible to book their COVID-19 vaccine through the province’s website or individual health unit websites. Those aged 12 to 18 are also eligible for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Author of the article: Vincent Ball
Publishing date: May 25, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 2 minute read •
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Fewer people have tested positive for COVID-19 recently but residents need to guard against complacency, Brant acting medical officer of health.
“Last week, we saw our COVID-19 indicators begin to trend downward,” Dr. Malcolm Lock said during a media briefing Tuesday. “We’re starting to see fewer people test positive and we had dips in the incidence rate, the reproductive number and the per cent positivity.
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“This a result of collective community efforts and evidence that public health measures are working.”