Article content The Haldimand Norfolk Health Unit saw a huge increase in its number of new COVID-19 cases, reporting on Wednesday 22 positive results in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases in the area now stands at 118. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. There were 11 positive cases reported on Tuesday and 106 active cases. Since the pandemic began last March, 1,724 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Haldimand-Norfolk, with 1,562 of those resulting in recovered cases. There have been 39 deaths in the communities from the virus and five people who had tested positive but died from complications attributed to other illnesses.