The COVID-19 pandemic

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FRIDAY 2021-01-15

Waterloo Region reported 133 new cases today (12.1% of the active cases); 1,079 new cases for the week (-9), averaging 14.7% of active cases. 1,047 active cases, +94 in the last seven days.

Ontario reported 2,998 new cases today with a seven-day average of 3,273 (-115). 3,380 recoveries and 100 deaths (54 from today, 46 from unspecified earlier periods) translated to a drop of 482 active cases and a new total of 28,825. +622 active cases for the week and 407 deaths (58 per day), or 361 (52/day) net of the 46-death correction. A record high of 76,472 tests for a positivity rate of 3.92%. The positivity rate is averaging 5.59% for the past seven days compared to 6.65% for the preceding seven.

387 patients in ICU (-1), and a total of 1,647 hospital beds in use (+201 for the week).

• 618 cases in Peel: 44.7 per 100K
  
• 148 cases in Windsor-Essex: 38.1 per 100K
  
• 153 cases in Niagara: 34.2 per 100K
  
• 36 cases in Lambton: 27.5 per 100K
  
• 800 cases in Toronto: 27.3 per 100K
  
• 161 cases in Waterloo: 26.1 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
  
• 138 cases in Hamilton: 23.8 per 100K
  
• 250 cases in York: 22.5 per 100K
  
• 20 cases in Huron Perth: 20.4 per 100K
  
• 51 cases in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph: 18.8 per 100K
  
• 25 cases in Brant: 18.4 per 100K
  
• 113 cases in Durham: 17.5 per 100K
  
• 18 cases in Chatham-Kent: 17.0 per 100K
  
• 61 cases in Middlesex-London: 15.1 per 100K
  
• 81 cases in Halton: 14.8 per 100K
  
• 73 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka: 13.5 per 100K
  
• 133 cases in Ottawa: 13.4 per 100K
  
• 27 cases in Eastern Ontario: 13.3 per 100K
  
• 19 cases in Southwestern Ontario: 9.5 per 100K
  
• 6 cases in Thunder Bay: 4.0 per 100K