The COVID-19 pandemic

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THURSDAY 2020-12-24

Waterloo Region reported 90 new cases for today (15.5% of the active cases).  641 new cases for the week (+26), averaging 16.2% of active cases. 633 active cases, +147 in the last seven days.

Cambridge Country Manor LTC now has 118 active cases. 60 of 79 residents have tested positive.

Next testing report on Friday (assuming they will report on the 25th).

Ontario reported 2,447 new cases today -- another new high -- with a seven-day average of 2,306 (+2). 2,013 recoveries and 49 (!) deaths translated to an increase of 385 active cases, and a current total of 19,809. +2,325 active cases for the week and 220 deaths, more than 30 per day. 64,592 tests resulted in a 3.79% positivity rate. The positivity rate is averaging 3.86% for the past seven days, as compared to 3.77% for the preceding seven.

277 patients in ICU (+2) and a total hospital population of 967 (+48 in the past seven days).

• 173 cases in Windsor-Essex: 44.5 per 100K
  
• 502 cases in Peel: 36.3 per 100K
  
• 263 cases in York: 23.7 per 100K
  
• 63 cases in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph: 23.2 per 100K
  
• 646 cases in Toronto: 22.0 per 100K
  
• 93 cases in Niagara: 20.8 per 100K
  
• 101 cases in Hamilton: 17.4 per 100K
  
• 67 cases in Middlesex-London: 16.6 per 100K
  
• 30 cases in Southwestern: 15.0 per 100K
  
• 30 cases in Eastern Ontario: 14.8 per 100K
  
• 92 cases in Durham: 14.2 per 100K
  
• 20 cases in Thunder Bay: 13.3 per 100K
  
• 82 cases in Waterloo: 13.3 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
  
• 16 cases in Brant County: 11.8 per 100K
  
• 55 cases in Halton: 10.0 per 100K
  
• 8 cases in Huron Perth: 8.2 per 100K
  
• 77 cases in Ottawa: 7.7 per 100K
  
• 38 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka: 7.0 per 100K
  
• 7 cases in Kingston Frontenac: 3.4 per 100K