KITCHENER --
Region of Waterloo Public Health reported 100 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the first time that the public health unit has ever reported local cases in the triple digits.
The latest update brings the total number of cases to 5,387, including 4,596 resolved cases and 158 deaths. The region's death toll rose by three on Thursday after increasing by eight the day before.
Accounting for the resolved and deceased cases, there are 629 active cases in the region. That's also a new record, supplanting the record of 611 set the day before. Of those, 38 people are in hospital, including 13 people who are being cared for in the ICU.