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Region reports 34 new COVID cases, another death Thursday
29 outbreaks remain active
It raises the local total to 10,870.
There has also been another COVID-related death, a man in his 60s who lived at a congregate setting currently in outbreak, raising the death toll to 229.
The number of people being treated in hospital remains unchanged at 42, eight are in intensive care.
Here are some other updates from the region s dashboard:
129 cases have screened positive for variants of concern - 11 are the U.K. strain - lineage to the other 118 has not been determined yet
The active caseload is down to 391
10,237 resolved cases (94 per cent)
Variant cases reach 100 in Waterloo region, 3 more deaths reported
The region reported 44 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths on Saturday. Fifty new cases were reported on Sunday.
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Posted: Feb 28, 2021 3:35 PM ET | Last Updated: February 28
A person walking in Toronto on Feb. 19, 2021. Region of Waterloo public health is reporting more variant cases over the weekend. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
The number of variant cases in the region reached 100 on Sunday.
Region of Waterloo Public Health s dashboard suggests ten cases have been identified as the B.1.1.7 UK variant, while the remaining 90 have not been determined but screened positive for a variant. Variant cases sat at 68 on Saturday.
Dr. Wang becoming concerned about Waterloo region s COVID-19 trajectory
Waterloo region saw 71 new COVID-19 cases on Friday. Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, the region s medical officer of health, says she s concerned that local indicators are no longer improving.
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Posted: Feb 26, 2021 3:17 PM ET | Last Updated: February 26
Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang is Waterloo region s medical officer of health. On Friday she confirmed 67 of the region s COVID-19 cases were variants of concern.(Carmen Groleau/CBC)