Article content The total number of new COVID-19 cases in Brantford-Brant for the week ending Sunday is up slightly from the previous week, but the number of cases reported in the last 24 hours has dropped significantly compared to recent days. The Brant County Health Unit reported 161 cases of the virus last week, compared to 154 reported for the previous week, and 239 for the week ending April 25. Since the pandemic was declared in March 2020, the highest number of confirmed cases reported in one week by the health unit was 269 for the week ending April 18, 2021. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.