The COVID-19 pandemic

[tomh009]

WEDNESDAY 2020-10-21

Waterloo Region reported 14 new cases for today (15.4% of the active cases) -- and three additional cases for yesterday (now 12 cases total, 12.5% of actives).  85 new cases for the week (+5), averaging 12.4% of active cases. 91 active cases (-37 in the last seven days).

Note: Waterloo Region has now switched to reporting at 1:30 PM, using data from preceding midnight, so there should be fewer corrections to the previous days' data in the future.

Next testing report on Friday.

Ontario reported 790 new cases today with a seven-day average of 753 (+10). 719 recoveries and nine deaths translated to an increase of 62 active cases, and a current total of 6,299, another new record. +415 active cases for the week. Only 32,646 tests resulted in a high 2.42% positivity rate. The positivity rate is averaging 2.18% for the past seven days.

ICU patient count is down slightly to 71 (-1).

• 289 cases in Toronto: 9.2 per 100K population
  
• 157 cases in Peel: 15.7 per 100K
  
• 57 cases in Ottawa: 5.7 per 100K
  
• 76 cases in York: 6.9 per 100K
  
• 43 cases in Durham: 6.9 per 100K
  
• 34 cases in Hamilton: 5.5 per 100K
  
• 24 cases in Halton: 3.6 per 100K
  
• 15 cases in Waterloo: 2.1 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
  

Peel ... ugh.