COVID-19: 1 new death reported in Waterloo Region, lifting January’s death toll to 34
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Waterloo Public Health reported one new COVID-19-related death on Thursday, lifting the death toll in the region including the 34 victims in January.
Waterloo Public Health reported one new COVID-19-related death on Thursday, lifting the region’s January death toll to 34.
“Today we are reporting one death in our community related to COVID-19. The individual was a female in her 90s,” Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, medical officer of health, stated.
“I wish to express my deep sympathy to the family of this individual.”
The victim was a resident of the Sunnyside Home Long-Term-Care in Kitchener, Ont. There have now been two deaths connected to a COVID-19 outbreak which began at the home on Dec. 29 and has now seen 93 staff members and 34 residents test positive for the virus.
The outbreak is one of 73 active in the area, including 35 at long-term-care and retirement homes, 26 in congregate settings and 12 at area hospitals.
The three area hospitals currently have 144 patients who are suffering from COVID-19, 22 of whom are in need of intensive care.
Waterloo Public Health reported another 213 positive tests for COVID-19, lifting the total number of cases in the area to 37,725.
The rolling seven-day average number of new daily cases continues to drop as it now sits at 226.9.