Public Health Reports Three New COVID-19 Related Deaths

Monday, 20 April 2020 12:42

By Marcie Culbert

Niagara Region Public Health is reporting 18 new cases of COVID-19 and three new deaths.

This means we now have 384 total cases and our death toll has reached 33.

Public Health is also reporting 140 resolved cases of the virus today.

It says 33.3 percent of Niagara’s cases live in long-term care or retirement homes and 20.1 percent work in the healthcare system.

Ontario is reporting 606 new cases and 31 new deaths today.

This brings the total number of cases to 11,184 and the province-wide death toll to 584.

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