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That’s up from 11 new cases on Tuesday.
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Active cases also increased to 134 Wednesday from 132 on Tuesday.
The local vaccination effort remains strong, with almost 1,843 doses administered Tuesday, pushing the total number to 71,331. A total of 5,420 people have completed their vaccination series.
The Ontario government has announced that all adults in Ontario turning 18 or older this year (born in 2003 or earlier) are eligible to book their COVID-19 vaccine through the province’s website or individual health unit websites.
The province has said that it will open eligibility to those aged 12 to 18 for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on May 31.
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The Brant County Health Unit reported Wednesday 23 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
Figures provided by the health unit show there are 161 active cases of COVID-19 in Brantford-Brant and there are nine people in hospital receiving treatment for the virus. The Brant Community Healthcare System says it has eight COVID-19 patients at Brantford General Hospital including four in critical care.
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The discrepancy is due to reporting times.
As of Wednesday, there have been 2,964 positive COVID-19 cases in Brantford-Brant since the pandemic began and of those, 2,783 have been resolved. Twenty people locally have died of COVID-19.