250 cases of COVID19 so far in Niagara NRPH

By Abby Green

Published: April 13, 2020 at 5:07 PM

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Niagara Region Public Health says the region has had 250 cases of COVID19 so far.

Niagara Region Public Health says the region has had 250 cases of COVID-19 so far.

Of those 250 cases, 87 have recovered.

Niagara Region Public Health only updates their number of deaths weekly, so right now it says there have been 10 deaths of COVID-19 patients.

However, Niagara Health says they've seen 18 deaths of COVID-19 patients, so we can expect Niagara Region Public Health's number to be higher when it updates.

74 of the 250 cases have occurred in people over 80 years old.

30% of Niagara's cases of COVID-19 have occurred in residents of long-term care or retirement homes.

To see Niagara Region Public Health's full breakdown, click here.