The COVID-19 pandemic

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TUESDAY 2020-11-10

Waterloo Region reported 42 new cases for today (19.8% of the active cases!).  225 new cases for the week (+23), averaging 19.0% of active cases (ugh). 230 active cases (+101 in the last seven days).

An average of only 692 tests per day for the past week, less than at any time since early September, resulting in an all-too-high 4.65% positivity rate. Hello Waterloo Region, why are we not testing more?

Ontario reported 1,388 new cases today with a seven-day average of 1,154 (+48). 781 recoveries and 15 deaths translated to an increase of 592 active cases, and a current total of 10,106, blowing past the 10,000-case mark. +1,811 active cases for the week, and 94 deaths. 29,125 tests resulted in a 4.77% positivity rate. The positivity rate is averaging 3.46% for the past seven days.

ICU bed count is down slightly at 82 (-2) but the overall hospital population is now up to 422 (+65 in the past week).

• 520 cases in Toronto: 17.9 per 100K population
  
• 395 cases in Peel: 26.7 per 100K
  
• 100 cases in York: 9.1 per 100K
  
• 72 cases in Halton: 13.1 per 100K
  
• 50 cases in Niagara: 11.0 per 100K
  
• 36 cases in Durham: 3.6 per 100K
  
• 35 cases in Hamilton: 6.4 per 100K
  
• 23 cases in Ottawa: 2.3 per 100K
  
• 20 cases in Middlesex-London
  
• 20 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka
  
• 42 cases in Waterloo: 6.5 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)