Another 5 COVID-19 deaths reported in Waterloo Region, 106 people in area hospitals
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Waterloo Public Health reported another five COVID-19-related deaths Thursday, lifting the death toll in the region to 370 including 11 in the first three days of February.
Waterloo Public Health reported another five COVID-19-related deaths on Thursday, lifting the death toll in the region to 370 including 11 people over the first three days of February.
“Today we are reporting five deaths in our community related to COVID-19. The individuals were three males in their 80s, one female in her 80s, and a male in his 70s,” Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, medical officer of health, stated. “I wish to express my deep sympathy to the families of these individuals.”
One of those victims was a resident of the Peoplecare Hilltop Manor in Cambridge, where a COVID-19 outbreak was declared on Jan. 5 which has now been connected to four deaths as well as 184 cases involving staff or residents.
The outbreak is one of 60 currently active in the region, a number which includes 31 at long-term-care or retirement homes, 16 in congregate settings and 13 at the three area hospitals.
The three hospitals currently have 106 patients receiving treatment for COVID-19, including 21 who are in need of intensive care.
Waterloo Public Health also reported another 203 new positive tests for the coronavirus on Thursday, lifting the total number of cases in the area to 38,762.
This drops the rolling seven-day average number of new daily cases down to 148.3. A week ago, that number was 226.9, but the numbers are considered an underestimation of actual community caseload since changes to testing availability have decreased the veracity of the totals.
Another 203 people have also been cleared of the virus, lifting the total number of resolved cases up to 36,285.
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