KITCHENER The number of active COVID-19 cases in Waterloo Region dropped on Monday as officials reported 164 new infections and 196 more resolved cases.
The region s online COVID-19 dashboard shows there are now 1,048 active cases in the region, 39 fewer than the number reported the day before. It s the first time in 2021 that resolved cases outnumbered new ones. Of the active cases, 27 people are in hospital, including 13 who are in the ICU. Each of those numbers rose by four on Monday. There have been 7,503 lab-confirmed cases in the region since the pandemic began, including 6,268 resolved cases. Public health officials also reported Monday that four more people had died from the disease, pushing the region s total number of deaths to 179. Forty-five people have died of COVID-19 since Dec. 11.