
COVID-19: 84 new cases reported in Waterloo Region on Monday
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Waterloo Public Health reported 84 new positive tests for the coronavirus on Monday, lifting the total number of COVID-19 cases in the area to 20,484.
Waterloo Public Health reported 84 new positive tests for COVID-19 on Monday, lifting the total number of cases in the area to 20,484.
The agency does not report numbers on the weekend anymore so this is a three-day total.
A week ago, there were 106 new COVID-19 positive tests reported, so this drops the rolling seven-day average number of new daily cases to 24.4.
Another 79 people were also cleared of the virus, lifting the total number of resolved cases in the area to 19,953.
It has been more than a week since a new COVID-19-related death was reported in the area, leaving the region’s death toll at 305 including two victims in November.
The area now has 223 active COVID-19 cases, whereas a week ago there were 183.
In addition, there are 13 people in area hospitals as a result of COVID-19, including one person who is in need of intensive care.
There are still 13 outbreaks in the area after new ones were declared at St Mary’s General Hospital in Kitchener, Blair Road Public School in Cambridge and at an unnamed trades location just as others were declared over at Cedar Creek Public School in Ayr as well as an unnamed retail location and an unnamed agricultural sales location.