Another 20 new COVID-19 cases reported in Waterloo Region on Thursday
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This is the highest one-day increase in cases that has been announced in over two weeks and brings the rolling seven-day average number of new daily cases up to 13.6.
Waterloo Public Health reported 20 new positive tests for COVID-19 on Thursday, lifting the total number of cases in the area to 20,057.
This is the highest announced one-day increase in over two weeks and brings the rolling seven-day average number of new daily cases up to 13.6.
The agency also reported that another 10 people have been cleared of the virus, so the total number of resolved cases now stands at 19,646.
No new COVID-19-related deaths were reported on Thursday, after one was announced on Wednesday involving a woman in her 40s, so the death toll remains at 303, including four victims this month.
This means the area now has 107 active COVID-19 cases, after that number had dropped to 96 on Wednesday.
Eleven of those infected with COVID-19 are currently in area hospitals, with three of those patients currently in need of intensive care.
The area is back up to five active COVID-19 outbreaks after one was declared at Galt Collegiate Institute in Cambridge involving two people. Two of the other four outbreaks are also connected to area schools.
Waterloo Public Health says there have now been 893,423 COVID-19 vaccinations done in the area, 804 more than was reported on Wednesday.