Author of the article: Expositor staff Publishing date: Mar 08, 2021 • March 8, 2021 • 2 minute read • Article content The number of local active COVID-19 cases stands at 42 after the Brant County Health Unit on Monday reported eight new cases in the previous 24 hours. Although the health unit website reports two COVID patients being treated at Brantford General Hospital, the hospital website reports six COVID patients. The hospital website includes people from outside of Brantford and Brant County, along with local residents. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Local active COVID-19 cases at 42 Back to video For the week ended March 7, 44 new local COVID-19 cases were recorded, down from 49 for the week ended Feb. 28. The new weekly COVID caseload peaked at 167 early in January