The COVID-19 pandemic

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SATURDAY 2020-10-16

Waterloo Region reported 14 new cases for today (13.2% of the active cases) -- and five additional cases for yesterday (now 15 cases total, 13.9% of actives).  95 new cases for the week (+1), averaging 11.5% of active cases. 106 active cases (-16 in the last seven days).

Next testing report on Tuesday.

Ontario reported 805 new cases today with a seven-day average of 746 (-1). 682 recoveries and 10 deaths translated to an increase of 113 active cases, and a current total of 5,986. A weekly total change of +232 active cases. 44,722 tests for a 1.80% positivity rate. The positivity rate is averaging 1.99% for the past seven days.

ICU patient count was up to 72 (+5) and the total hospital population was up to 278 (+17). The ICU population has shot up from 14 to 72 in the past six weeks, in spite of a greater percentage of younger patients. Our hospitals can still deal with this (we hit 264 in April), but the longer this trend continues the more worrisome it gets.

• 374 cases in Toronto: 13.0 per 100K population
  
• 107 cases in Peel: 10.7 per 100K
  
• 93 cases in York: 8.6 per 100K
  
• 70 cases in Ottawa: 7.0 per 100K
  
• 30 cases in Durham: 4.6 per 100K
  
• 25 cases in Halton: 4.1 per 100K
  
• 19 cases in Waterloo: 2.9 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)