The COVID-19 pandemic

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TUESDAY 2020-12-01

Waterloo Region reported 66 new cases for today (11.7% of the active cases).  509 new cases for the week (+14), averaging 15.4% of active cases. 562 active cases (+162 in the last seven days).

An average of 1,597 tests/day for the past week, for an average positivity rate of 4.57%.

Ontario reported 1,707 new cases today with a seven-day average of 1,670 (+100). 1,643 recoveries and seven deaths translated to an increase of 57 active cases, and a current total of 14,524. +1,607 active cases for the week and 144 deaths. 34,640 tests (Sunday!) resulted in a 4.93% positivity rate. The positivity rate is averaging 3.71% for the past seven days, as compared to 3.54% for the preceding seven.

185 patients in ICU (+17) and 645 in hospital overall (+111 in the past seven days).

• 373 cases in Peel: 27.0 per 100K
  
• 727 cases in Toronto: 24.8 per 100K
  
• 168 cases in York: 15.1 per 100K
  
• 47 cases in Windsor-Essex: 12.1 per 100K
  
• 72 cases in Durham: 11.1 per 100K
  
• 58 cases in Hamilton: 10.0 per 100K
  
• 61 cases in Waterloo: 9.9 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
  
• 47 cases in Halton: 8.6 per 100K
  
• 36 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka: 6.7 per 100K
  
• 13 cases in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph: 4.8 per 100K
  
• 34 cases in Ottawa: 3.4 per 100K
  
• 15 cases in Niagara: 3.3 per 100K
  
• -10 cases in Middlesex-London: -2.5 per 100K