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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust has said it is entering “uncharted territory” as it faces a £3.1million deficit.

Facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak declared at Greater Niagara General Hospital A total of 59 patients and 73 staff members there have been infected, according to the hospital. Ten patients who tested positive have died. Social Sharing

Provincial data shows Hamilton has the fourth highest number of COVID-19 cases per week per 100,000 people at 109 as of Dec. 17. On Monday, that number was at 114. Hamilton also has the fifth highest COVID-19 test positivity rate at 4.3 per cent (which means 4.3 per cent of all COVID-19 tests in Hamilton are positive). Monday's rate is at 3.9 per cent, but the local medical officer of health, Dr. Elizabeth Richardson, has said anything above three per cent impacts the effectiveness of contact-tracing efforts. Mayor Fred Eisenberger said on Monday this year there will not be any free HSR tr...

Dr. Elizabeth Richardson, Hamilton's medical officer of health, had already implemented more stringent measures above and beyond red zone restrictions, including businesses having to screen customers before they enter retail stores. The decision to move the city in lockdown "wasn't an easy one, but a necessary one," she said in a media release Friday. Health officials say the virus is continuing to spread in workplaces and social settings. The doctor said public health continues to hear about people holding holiday gatherings and that staff has "definitely seen transmission" linked to them. ...

COVID-19 vaccines could come to Hamilton as early as next week, official says Paul Johnson, the director of the city's emergency operations centre, says if the provincial roll out of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine goes smoothly, health-care workers in Hamilton may get their shots as early as next week. Social Sharing Public health says it will stop releasing ages of people who die, and whether they're in long-term care Posted: Dec 16, 2020 11:27 AM ET | Last Updated: December 16, 2020 Hamilton could get the vaccine as early as next week according to Paul Johnson, director of the city'...