The COVID-19 pandemic

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THURSDAY 2021-01-21

Waterloo Region reported 119 new cases today (13.9% of the active cases) plus two more for yesterday (now totaling 77); 749 new cases for the week (-42), averaging 10.9% of active cases. 859 active cases, -235 in the last seven days.

Next testing report on Friday.

Ontario reported 2,528 new cases today with a seven-day average of 2,750 (-100). 2,990 recoveries and 46 deaths translated to a drop of 508 active cases and a new total of 26,061. -3,246 active cases for the week and 425 deaths (61 per day). 70,256 tests for a positivity rate of only 3.60%. The positivity rate is averaging 4.92% -- backbelow 5%! -- for the past seven days compared to 5.79% for the preceding seven.

388 patients in ICU (-7) and a total hospital population of 1,533 (-124 for the week).

• 45 cases in Lambton: 34.4 per 100K
  
• 412 cases in Peel: 29.8 per 100K
  
• 795 cases in Toronto: 27.1 per 100K
  
• 92 cases in Windsor-Essex: 23.7 per 100K
  
• 245 cases in York: 22.1 per 100K
  
• 90 cases in Niagara: 20.1 per 100K
  
• 118 cases in Waterloo: 19.1 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
  
• 76 cases in Middlesex-London: 18.8 per 100K
  
• 18 cases in Huron Perth: 18.4 per 100K
  
• 49 cases in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph: 18.0 per 100K
  
• 162 cases in Ottawa: 16.3 per 100K
  
• 32 cases in Eastern Ontario: 15.8 per 100K
  
• 92 cases in Durham: 14.2 per 100K
  
• 70 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka: 13.0 per 100K
  
• 69 cases in Hamilton: 11.9 per 100K
  
• 13 cases in Brant: 9.6 per 100K
  
• 19 cases in Southwestern Ontario: 9.5 per 100K
  
• 52 cases in Halton: 9.5 per 100K
  
• 6 cases in Chatham-Kent: 5.7 per 100K
  
• 5 cases in Thunder Bay: 3.3 per 100K