Waterloo region reports 8 more deaths, 94 new cases of COVID-19 ahead of lockdown
Region of Waterloo Public Health reported 94 new cases of COVID-19 and eight more deaths on Wednesday. About 155 people have died from the virus in the region since March.
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Posted: Dec 23, 2020 2:34 PM ET | Last Updated: December 23, 2020
A nurse tends to a patient suspected of having COVID-19 in the intensive care unit at North York General Hospital in Toronto in this file photo. Region of Waterloo Public Health reported Wednesday there are 38 people in hospital with the virus and 13 in the ICU.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Posted: Dec 18, 2020 2:19 PM ET | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
Waterloo region saw 88 new cases of COVID-19 reported on Friday and another person s death has been linked to the virus.(Evan Mitsui/CBC) comments
There were 88 new reported cases of COVID-19 in Waterloo region on Friday, along with one more death linked to the virus.
That brings the total number of new cases in December to 1,241 and since March, to 4,827.
There were 519 active cases in the region on Friday with 36 people in hospital and 10 of those people in the intensive care unit.
Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, the region s medical officer of health, said case rates remain high and we are at risk for further increases.
KITCHENER Region of Waterloo Public Health reported 68 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, a drop compared to the 90 cases reported the day before. Thursday s update brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in the region to 4,739 since the pandemic began. The total includes 4,118 resolved cases and 139 deaths. That leaves 478 active cases in the region. Of those, 38 people were in hospital, the region s online dashboard showed Thursday. Ten of the hospitalized patients were being cared for in the ICU. The number of hospitalizations is room for concern, Waerloo Region s top doctor said on Wednesday. She warned residents to prepare for the possibility of a lockdown.
Outbreak declared at Hillcrest Public School
After a COVID case was detected in a staff member
Dec 17, 2020 11:22 AM By: KitchenerToday Staff
Health officials have confirmed another case in a staff member.
It s in the same cohort as the student case that was reported earlier in the week.
As a result, two more staff members have been instructed to self-isolate, but no other students will be required to do so.
The first student case at the school was reported on December 13.
The other active school outbreaks are at Monsignor Doyle Catholic Secondary School, Franklin Public School, as well as KidsAbility.
KITCHENER A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared in a cohort at Hillcrest Public School in Cambridge. The Waterloo Region District School Board announced the outbreak on Thursday after a staff member there had tested positive for the disease. According to a news release, the staff member was in the same cohort as a student case that was reported on Dec. 13. That student was last in the building on Dec. 7, the school board said. Two other staff members have been identified and asked to self-isolate, but so far no other Hillcrest Public School students have had to do so. Since Sunday, there have been 21 cases of COVID-19 reported in the region s public school board. You can track every local case in publicly funded schools using our online COVID-19 tracker.