11 new COVID-19 victims reported in Waterloo Region as death toll reaches 359
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Waterloo Public Health reported 11 new COVID-19-related deaths in the region Monday, raising the death toll in the area to 359, including 20 victims announced over the past week.
Waterloo Public Health reported 11 new COVID-19-related deaths in the region Monday, raising the death toll in the area to 359, including 20 victims announced over the past week.
“Today we are reporting 11 deaths in our community related to COVID-19,” Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, medical officer of health, stated. “I wish to express my deep sympathy to the families of these individuals.”
She noted that the victims included a woman in her 100s while the other victims, which ranged in age from their 60s to their 90s, included three other women and six men.
Several were residents of various long-term care and retirement homes in the area, where 32 of the region’s 70 active outbreaks are occurring.
Another 23 outbreaks are in congregate settings, while the region’s three major hospitals account for the other 12.
The number of patients suffering from COVID-19 has taken a dip to 120, although there are still 20 people who are in need of intensive care.
The final dashboard update for January shows that another 392 people have caught the virus, lifting the total number of COVID-19 cases in the area to 38,333.
The agency does not update its dashboard on weekends so Monday’s update always represents three days’ worth of numbers.
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