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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:
27 people are being treated in hospital, 13 are in intensive care