5 COVID-19-linked deaths reported over weekend in Waterloo region
Four deaths were reported Saturday and one on Sunday. That means 203 people who tested positive for the virus have died since March 2020.
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Posted: Jan 31, 2021 3:26 PM ET | Last Updated: January 31
Doses of COVID-19 vaccine are pictured on Dec. 15, 2020. Meanwhile, Waterloo region is reporting 58 new cases on Saturday and 63 on Sunday.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
35 new COVID cases in the region, and two more deaths reported
The active caseload is on the decline with 77 fewer today
Jan 24, 2021 1:55 PM By: KitchenerToday Staff
Region of Waterloo Public Health reported 35 new COVID-19 cases on its dashboard Sunday afternoon.
This brings the new total up to 8,947 cases for the region since March.
The number of active cases has decreased to 780 from 857 since Saturday.
Here are some other updates from the Region s COVID summary dashboard on Sunday:
7,975 resolved cases (89 per cent).
There have been 189 deaths in the region linked to the virus. The latest was confirmed on January 24.
41 cases are currently hospitalized (13 in ICU).
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.