The COVID-19 pandemic

[danbrotherston]

FRIDAY 2020-11-13

Waterloo Region reported 45 new cases for today (16.7% of the active cases).  283 new cases for the week (+10), averaging 18.6% of active cases -- actually a drop from yesterday. 286 active cases (+112 in the last seven days). While 40+ cases per days is definitely not good, at least it has been fairly stable for the last few days, averaging 44 cases for the past four days.

1,232 tests for the past week (an improvement) for a 3.28% positivity rate. Note that this is higher than the new 2.5% positivity threshold for the red stage of the framework!

Ontario reported 1,396 new cases today with a seven-day average of 1,355 (+56). 1,018 recoveries and 19 deaths translated to an increase of 359 active cases, and a current total of 11,630. +3,232 active cases for the week, and 103 deaths. 40,509 tests resulted in a 3.45% positivity rate. The positivity rate is averaging 3.84% for the past seven days.

ICU bed count is up to 106 (+8) and the overall hospital population is 452 (+72 in the past week).

• 440 cases in Toronto: 15.2 per 100K population
  
• 440 cases in Peel: 44.0 per 100K
  
• 155 cases in York: 14.0 per 100K
  
• 55 cases in Halton: 10.0 per 100K
  
• 43 cases in Hamilton: 9.0 per 100K
  
• 41 cases in Ottawa: 4.1 per 100K
  
• 41 cases in Durham: 6.3 per 100K
  
• 27 cases in Niagara: 6.0 per 100K
  
• 27 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka
  
• 43 cases in Waterloo: 6.6 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)[/color]
  

GTA has 1100+ cases again; most of the region is now a red zone.

Overheard on the news while on the phone, London-Middlesex health unit has requested (volunteered) to be in the "Red zone", their numbers in some instances look even worse than ours.