There are 20 outbreaks in long-term care or retirement homes.
There have been two deaths linked to the outbreak at Chartwell Westmount long-term care. A total of 47 residents and 27 staff have tested positive for COVID-19.
The outbreak at Chartwell Elmira Retirement Residence continues to grow with 37 cases in residents and 13 in staff.
There are outbreaks at two child care centres with two cases each.
An outbreak at Conestoga Meats rose to 99 cases.
Other outbreaks include:
One at an independent living centre with one case.
Eight at congregate settings: One with 19 cases, one with 14 cases, one with eight cases, three with one case and two with three cases.
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Region of Waterloo Public Health confirmed 164 new coronavirus cases on Monday afternoon, plus four more COVID-related deaths.
It means there have been 7,503 cases here since March.
Two of the four deaths have been linked to outbreaks - one at Highland Place retirement home, the other at The Village of Winston Park retirement home - which puts the local death toll at 179.
It comes a day after the region hit a daily high for cases at 203 were reported on Sunday.
Here are some other updates from the region s COVID summary dashboard on Monday:
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Jan 2, 2021 2:00 PM By: KitchenerToday Staff
Region of Waterloo Public Health reported 179 new COVID-19 cases on its dashboard Saturday afternoon.
This update includes both the COVID case numbers from December 31 and January 1.
106 new cases were reported today, with alterations made to previous counts.
This brings the new total up to 6,078 cases for the region since March.
The number of active cases has increased to 578 from 518 since Thursday.
Here are some other updates from the Region s COVID summary dashboard on Saturday: