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Jul 7, 2020 12 tweets 4 min read Read on X
July 7 COVID-19 update from the City of Hamilton:

As of 9am this morning, there are 848 confirmed positive cases, 8 probable cases & 44 deaths from COVID-19 in #HamOnt. Of the 856 cases, 91% are resolved.

Full release: hamilton.ca/government-inf…

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Today, the City has announced that private events booked at Fieldcote, Griffin House, Ancaster Old Town Hall, Whitehern and the Hamilton Children’s Museum up to September 30 will be cancelled.
Dundurn Castle, Hamilton Military Museum and the Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology are re-opening as of July 15 to offer modified programming between Wednesday-Sunday. Private events booked at these three sites can still take place, following all health & safety guidelines.
Beginning July 15, residents can book events at Dundurn Castle, the Hamilton Military Museum and the Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology. Bookings at the other six museums are also available, for dates in January 2021 & beyond, contingent on the COVID-19 situation in Hamilton.
Yesterday, the City of Hamilton reopened nine swimming pools and one wading pool. More than 700 residents visited one of the newly reopened indoor and outdoor swimming pools yesterday for the first day of swimming since March 2020...
...pools are holding open swims 12pm-7pm daily until September. Locations, schedules and guidelines for visiting pools are available at: hamilton.ca/swimming

Residents should be advised that pool capacity is limited to ensure physical distancing, there may be waiting times.
COVID-19 test results are processed by Ontario’s Public Health Laboratory and uploaded onto the online provincial portal. Hamilton Public Health Services does not have control over the length of time it takes for this process. As well, Public Health does not have...
...any additional access to results over what is on the provincial portal.

Hamilton Public Health Services is discouraging residents from going to a different assessment centre to receive repeat testing instead of waiting for their results, as this may cause an even greater...
... increase in testing backlog, duplicate records, and confusion in the system.

The total number of COVID-19 tests conducted daily in Hamilton continues to be around 400 tests across all three testing centres, this is already exceeding capacity, and we are often seeing...
... upwards of 700 tests being performed per day.

If residents have been tested for COVID-19, they should continue to check the provincial portal until test results are updated or contact the clinician who ordered the test or their primary care provider...
...A link to the portal can be found on the City’s website and it’s important to note that it may take up to 10 days to receive test results for COVID-19.

Hamilton Public Health Services will only follow-up with residents if they test positive for COVID-19.
For regular City of Hamilton COVID-19 updates, please visit hamilton.ca/coronavirus.

#HamiltonReopens: hamilton.ca/reopens.

Questions? Contact Public Health Services’ COVID-19 Hotline: 905-974-9848 or phscovid19@hamilton.ca.

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Apr 24, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine appointments are now available for Black and other racialized populations/people of colour ages 18+ who live in postal codes L9C, L8W, L8L, L8N and L9K at the COVID-19 vaccine clinic at FIRSTONTARIO CENTRE, Friday to Sunday this coming week.
For an appointment at FirstOntario Centre, or another clinic location depending on availability of vaccine, please call the Public Health Services COVID-19 Hotline at 905-974-9848, option 7. This is a by-appointment-only clinic, walk-ins are not permitted.
Proof of address must be shown when arriving for an appointment if eligibility is due to a hot spot address. Due to potential call volumes expected at the call centre, we ask that those who are calling for an appointment are patient and call back if the lines are busy.
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With cases of COVID-19 on the rise in #HamOnt and across Ontario, Hamilton’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Elizabeth Richardson, is echoing the announcement made by Premier Doug Ford earlier today and recommending that residents move away from the concept of the “social circle”
and limit close interactions to those within their households.

Trends in COVID-19 cases in Hamilton are showing that the virus is most commonly being transmitted at private social gatherings, in situations where people are not practicing appropriate physical distancing,
and when people are not wearing masks indoors or in other settings where physical distancing is a challenge.

With businesses and schools reopening, and many residents returning to work, the concept of a social circle no longer reflects the reality of our daily lives,
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Sep 26, 2020
The City of Hamilton is advising residents that an employee working at the Flamborough Municipal Service Centre (MSC) has tested positive for COVID-19.

Release>>hamilton.ca/government-inf… #HamOnt
Hamilton Public Health Services notified the City of the positive test result late this afternoon. The employee is currently self-isolating and Public Health Services is in the process of completing contact tracing to ensure all close contacts also self-isolate.
The City of Hamilton extends its best wishes to the employee and hopes for a speedy recovery.
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Sep 22, 2020
Hamilton healthcare providers understand the need for timely COVID-19 testing and are working collaboratively to meet a significant increase in demand.

Release>>hamilton.ca/government-inf… #HamOnt Image
Visits to testing centres have doubled in recent weeks to approximately 1000 people per day.

Yesterday, calls to Hamilton Public Health Services booking line jumped to 3000 calls, compared to approximately 1000 calls two weeks ago.
In order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and accommodate faster testing for symptomatic individuals and close contacts of confirmed cases, we are asking people to please book an appointment. Walk-ins will not be guaranteed an immediate test & may need to schedule an appointment.
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Sep 14, 2020
Due to the nature of the employee’s position working closely with the public, the City of Hamilton is advising that it has been notified that one of its Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) bus operators has tested positive for COVID-19.

Release>>hamilton.ca/government-inf… #HamOnt
The employee last worked on Route #5 Delaware Tuesday, September 8 and Wednesday, September 9, 2020.

Public Health advises there is low risk to the public, however the City decided to advise the public out of an abundance of caution.
The employee notified the City over the weekend after testing positive. The operator and any others they may have come in contact with are currently self-isolating at home.

The operator is at home recovering and the City extends its best wishes to the employee and hopes for...
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Sep 8, 2020
The City of Hamilton is providing some additional updates as part of the City’s continued efforts for a gradual, safe and measured reopening of municipal facilities and the restart of programs and services.

Release>>hamilton.ca/government-inf… #HamiltonReopens #HamOnt
The City of Hamilton owns several facilities where external user groups typically operate and offer various types of programming...
...The City is working closely with these groups to ensure reopenings in these facilities are safe and meet all of the health and safety requirements before programming may resume. As we continue our efforts to safely reopen facilities, the Emergency Operations Centre will...
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