Published Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:55PM EST Last Updated Thursday, March 4, 2021 6:06PM EST There are now 44 cases of COVID-19 at a student residence in Peterborough and officials are warning that the entire region is sitting “on the threshold” of being moved from the yellow zone into the red zone in the provincial framework. An outbreak was first declared at the privately owned Severn Court Student Residence over the weekend. On Thursday, officials confirmed that there are now 44 cases associated with that outbreak, including 30 that have screened positive for variants of concern. They also said that there are another 40 “high-risk contacts” living at the residence who have not yet tested positive and 60 in the wider community.