148 people in area hospitals with COVID-19: Waterloo Public Health
Global News
On Thursday, Waterloo Public Health reported there were 148 people in area hospitals with COVID-19, including 27 people who are in need of intensive care.
On Thursday, Waterloo Public Health reported that there are now 148 people in area hospitals being treated for COVID-19 including 27 people who are in need of intensive care.
This is a hefty increase from Wednesday’s report when there were 131 patients with 21 needing intensive care. Last Thursday, those numbers were 99 and 15.
The agency reported that another 347 people tested positive for the virus, lifting the total number of cases in the area to 36,137.
The rolling seven-day average number of new daily cases has taken another fall, though, and now sits at 413.6. That said, the agency has warned that due to testing availability, case counts on its dashboard are likely lower than the actual number of cases in Waterloo Region.
Waterloo Public Health also reported that 31,866 people have now been cleared of the virus, which is an massive increase of 5,581 over Wednesday.
There was a similar downward spike in active cases earlier this week as a spokesperson told Global News that the recent surge from the Omnicron variant has prompted a change in how it counts resolved cases. It now considers cases to be resolved after 14 days as long as the person is not hospitalized.
The region is also down to 3,603 active cases and 75 active COVID-19 outbreaks with 39 of those outbreaks occurring in long-term-care or retirement homes, 27 in congregate settings and nine in area hospitals.
On the flip side, COVID-19 vaccinations continue to rise at a steady pace as there have now been 1,198,919 done in the area, which is an increase of 3,925 from Wednesday.
