Waterloo region reports single-day record of 129 new COVID-19 cases Sunday
Waterloo region is reporting a record-high 129 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. One more person has died as a result of the infection. That means the virus has claimed the lives of 167 people in the region since the start of the pandemic.
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Waterloo region is reporting a record-high 129 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. The previous record was reported Dec. 30 with 112 cases.
There are 37 more active cases in the region, totalling 616.
One more person has died as a result of the virus. That means the virus has claimed the lives of 167 people in the region since the start of the pandemic.
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Region of Waterloo Public Health reported 93 new COVID-19 cases on its dashboard Friday afternoon, although three are linked to revisions to previous counts.
It s the largest one-day increase locally to date.
This brings the new total up to 4,329 cases for the region since March.
The number of active cases has increased to 426 from 382 since Thursday.
Here are some other updates from the Region s COVID summary dashboard on Friday:
3,769 resolved cases (87 per cent).
There have been 131 deaths in the region linked to the virus. The latest was confirmed on December 10.
34 cases are currently hospitalized (14 in ICU).
There are currently 26 active outbreaks in the region: