The COVID-19 pandemic

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THURSDAY 2021-01-14

Waterloo Region reported 169 new cases today (16.0% of the active cases); 1,088 new cases for the week (-14), averaging 15.2% of active cases. 1,097 active cases, +194 in the last seven days.

Ontario reported 3,326 new cases today with a seven-day average of 3,388 (-65). 3,593 recoveries and 62 deaths translated to a drop of 329 active cases and a new total of 29,307 -- the third consecutive day with a drop. +2,139 active cases for the week and 333 deaths (48 per day). 71,169 tests for a positivity rate of 4.67%, the lowest in 2021 so far. The positivity rate is averaging 5.79% for the past seven days compared to 6.39% for the preceding seven.

388 patients in ICU (+3), and a total of 1,657 hospital beds in use (+185 for the week).

• 268 cases in Windsor-Essex: 68.9 per 100K
  
• 572 cases in Peel: 41.4 per 100K
  
• 165 cases in Niagara: 36.8 per 100K
  
• 968 cases in Toronto: 33.0 per 100K
  
• 357 cases in York: 32.2 per 100K
  
• 29 cases in Huron Perth: 29.6 per 100K
  
• 102 cases in Middlesex-London: 25.2 per 100K
  
• 29 cases in Brant: 21.3 per 100K
  
• 57 cases in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph: 21.0 per 100K
  
• 39 cases in Eastern Ontario: 19.2 per 100K
  
• 107 cases in Hamilton: 18.5 per 100K
  
• 100 cases in Waterloo: 16.2 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
  
• 17 cases in Chatham-Kent: 16.0 per 100K
  
• 85 cases in Halton: 15.5 per 100K
  
• 20 cases in Lambton: 15.3 per 100K
  
• 80 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka: 14.8 per 100K
  
• 144 cases in Ottawa: 14.5 per 100K
  
• 93 cases in Durham: 14.4 per 100K
  
• 19 cases in Thunder Bay: 12.7 per 100K
  
• 18 cases in Southwestern Ontario: 9.0 per 100K