The COVID-19 pandemic

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Waterloo Region reported two new cases (and adjusted some prior reports down), or 0.1% of the total and 5.9% of the active cases. After their corrections, new cases are now averaging 8.9% of active cases over the past seven days, and the active cases have gone up from 26 to 40 over the same time period.

An average of 254 tests per day for the past six days, for an average positivity rate of 1.47% Both the positivity rate and the number of new cases are up substantially over the past week, and the active caseload is back down to 34, although up five in the last seven days.

Ontario reported 102 new cases today with a seven-day average of 98. 89 recoveries and no deaths translated to an increase of 13 active cases and a total of 965 active cases. A weekly total change of +53. 25,642 tests for a 0.40% positivity rate . The positivity rate is averaging 0.37% for the past seven days.

The new cases are 0.2% of the total and 10.6% of the number of active cases. New cases averaging 10.6% of actives over the past seven days.

• 33 cases in Toronto: 1.1 per 100K population
  
• 18 cases in Peel: 1.8 per 100K population
  
• 18 cases in Ottawa: 1.8 per 100K population
  
• 17 cases in Huron-Perth: 17.0 per 100K population
  
• 2 cases in Waterloo: 0.3 per 100K population (based on regional reporting)
  

SWO keeps it up: if it's not Windsor or Chatham, it's Huron-Perth.