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Waterloo region saw a significant drop in the number of new COVID-19 cases reported Tuesday.

Region of Waterloo Public Health reported just 12 cases, which was well below numbers for the past month when daily case numbers have fluctuated between 35 and 70.

The region reported 318 active cases. There were no new deaths reported Tuesday.

The number of people in the region’s three hospitals rose by two to 48 with half of those people in the intensive care unit.

The number of active outbreaks also rose by three to 21.

The region remains in Step One of the province’s three-step reopening. Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, the region’s medical officer of health, is expected to discuss whether the region should move into Step Two on Tuesday afternoon during a board of health meeting.

Hockey hub to open Thursday

The region is prepping a new “hockey hub” vaccination clinic and officials say there will be 20,000 additional appointments for people who need their first and second dose of the vaccine in the coming weeks.

The hockey hub vaccination clinic was developed by Grey Bruce Public Health in partnership with Bruce Power and sees a person walk in and sit in a seat right away, staff come to the person to give the vaccine, and then the person waits in that seat until it’s time to leave.

The Region of Waterloo will work with Bruce Power to set up the clinic at Bingemans in Kitchener. It’s anticipated the clinic will open on Thursday and the first two days will be a trial run, administering shots to people 18 years of age and up with Moderna being offered. First dose walk-ins are permitted.

Starting on the weekend, people 12 years of age and up will be allowed to book appointments at the site or walk-in for first doses.

The hockey hub comes after 1,200 doses were given at a drive-thru clinic at Bingemans on Sunday.

Regional Chair Karen Redman says she attended the drive-thru clinic and spoke to some people getting their first doses. She heard from one new mother who said the other clinics just weren’t as convenient as the drive-thru and Redman says that’s why it’s important the region diversifies how it distributes doses.

“We’ve tried to do everything we can to increase capacity now that we have vaccine and the roll out is working,” Redman said in an interview. 

“Everybody is looking forward to Step 2 and I think Step 3 after that,” she said. “The community is stepping up as we asked them to and all that bodes well for moving forward to a more open economy and a summer that we all deserve.”

Young people getting shots

Numbers on the regional vaccination dashboard shows young people between the ages of 18 and 29 are stepping up to get the first dose.

The numbers show 79 per cent of people in that age range have received their first dose of the vaccine, surpassing people aged 30 to 39, 40 to 49 and 50 to 59, despite having access to the vaccine later than those other age ranges.

The dashboard shows 63 per cent of youth between the ages of 12 and 18 have received their first dose.

The region’s vaccination dashboard shows the percentages of people per age group who have received first (light blue bar) and second (dark blue bar) doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. This is the graph as of July 6. (Region of Waterloo)

In total, 79.5 per cent of people 18 and older have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine while 43 per cent are fully vaccinated.

The region says it anticipates reaching the milestone of 80 per cent of people having received a first dose later this week.

Long-term care and retirement homes in outbreak

There are two long-term care homes and three retirement homes in outbreak in Waterloo region.

The two local long-term care homes in outbreak are:

  • Columbia Forest in Waterloo, operated by Revera Living, with a total of two cases in people living there.
  • The Village at Winston Park in Kitchener, operated by Schlegel Villages, with a total of 21 cases: 14 in people living there and seven in staff. One death has been associated with this outbreak.

In an update on its website Monday, Schlegel Villages said staff at Winston Park “continues to monitor everyone closely and all testing results conducted [Sunday] have returned negative.”

As of Tuesday, the province listed three long-term care homes in outbreak: One in Sarnia, one in Burlington and Winston Park in Kitchener. Columbia Forest in Waterloo was not yet on the provincial website.

The three retirement homes in outbreak in Waterloo region are:

  • Zora Srpski Dom Retirement Home in Kitchener with 11 cases: Eight in residents, three in staff.
  • Marian Residence Retirement Home in Cambridge with six cases: two in residents, four in staff. There is one death association with this outbreak.
  • Highland Place Retirement Home in Kitchener with two cases: one each in a resident and staff member.

Other outbreaks

There were 21 active outbreaks. Along with the five in long-term care and retirement homes, the other outbreaks were:

  • Workplaces: Eight.
  • Hospitals: Five.
  • Congregate settings: Two.
  • Independent living facility: One.

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Netflix on Thursday reported that its subscriber growth slowed dramatically during the summer, a sign the huge gains from the video-streaming service’s crackdown on freeloading viewers is tapering off.

The 5.1 million subscribers that Netflix added during the July-September period represented a 42% decline from the total gained during the same time last year. Even so, the company’s revenue and profit rose at a faster pace than analysts had projected, according to FactSet Research.

Netflix ended September with 282.7 million worldwide subscribers — far more than any other streaming service.

The Los Gatos, California, company earned $2.36 billion, or $5.40 per share, a 41% increase from the same time last year. Revenue climbed 15% from a year ago to $9.82 billion. Netflix management predicted the company’s revenue will rise at the same 15% year-over-year pace during the October-December period, slightly than better than analysts have been expecting.

The strong financial performance in the past quarter coupled with the upbeat forecast eclipsed any worries about slowing subscriber growth. Netflix’s stock price surged nearly 4% in extended trading after the numbers came out, building upon a more than 40% increase in the company’s shares so far this year.

The past quarter’s subscriber gains were the lowest posted in any three-month period since the beginning of last year. That drop-off indicates Netflix is shifting to a new phase after reaping the benefits from a ban on the once-rampant practice of sharing account passwords that enabled an estimated 100 million people watch its popular service without paying for it.

The crackdown, triggered by a rare loss of subscribers coming out of the pandemic in 2022, helped Netflix add 57 million subscribers from June 2022 through this June — an average of more than 7 million per quarter, while many of its industry rivals have been struggling as households curbed their discretionary spending.

Netflix’s gains also were propelled by a low-priced version of its service that included commercials for the first time in its history. The company still is only getting a small fraction of its revenue from the 2-year-old advertising push, but Netflix is intensifying its focus on that segment of its business to help boost its profits.

In a letter to shareholder, Netflix reiterated previous cautionary notes about its expansion into advertising, though the low-priced option including commercials has become its fastest growing segment.

“We have much more work to do improving our offering for advertisers, which will be a priority over the next few years,” Netflix management wrote in the letter.

As part of its evolution, Netflix has been increasingly supplementing its lineup of scripted TV series and movies with live programming, such as a Labor Day spectacle featuring renowned glutton Joey Chestnut setting a world record for gorging on hot dogs in a showdown with his longtime nemesis Takeru Kobayashi.

Netflix will be trying to attract more viewer during the current quarter with a Nov. 15 fight pitting former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson against Jake Paul, a YouTube sensation turned boxer, and two National Football League games on Christmas Day.

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