Region of Waterloo Public Health reported 58 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday.
The latest update brought the total number of COVID-19 cases in the region up to 11,820 confirmed since last March – with 95 per cent considered resolved.
Active cases in the region have risen by 24 to 301.
21 people are receiving treatment for the virus in hospital, with seven in intensive care.
Here are some other updates from the Waterloo Region’s COVID dashboard:
- No new outbreaks have been declared.
- 376 cases have screened positive for variants of concern – 27 are the U.K. strain – lineage to the other 349 has not been determined
- 11,270 resolved cases (95 per cent)
- No new deaths were reported, leaving the local death toll at 24.
There are currently 16 active outbreaks in the region:
- St. Mary’s General Hospital – 3 East Unit
- St. John Catholic Elementary School (two cases)
- Riverbend Place Retirement Residence – Third Floor (one staff case)
- Manufacturing/industrial 31 (four cases)
- St. Michael Catholic Elementary School (two cases)
- Resurrection Catholic Secondary School (two cases)
- Manufacturing/industrial 30 (six cases)
- Court at Laurelwood Retirement Residence (two cases in residents)
- Wilfrid Laurier University (three cases)
- Vista Hills Public School (three cases)
- Riverbend long-term care (one staff case)
- St. Luke’s Place long-term care (one staff case)
- University of Waterloo – (six cases)
- Forest Heights Long-Term Care (four staff cases)
- Cambridge Memorial Hospital – Rehabilitation Unit
- Grand River Hospital – 5 South
Meantime, the province reported 2,448 cases Sunday.
The rest of the provincial COVID-19 totals are posted below:
- 343,140 total cases
- 917 people are in hospital – 366 are in intensive care – 217 are on a ventilator
- 317,408 resolved cases
- 7,327 deaths (19 new)
- 50,200 tests completed Saturday – 12.42 million since January 15, 2020
- 309,285 vaccinations have been completed
