The COVID-19 pandemic

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FRIDAY 2020-11-20

Waterloo Region reported 40 new cases for today (11.5% of the active cases).  328 new cases for the week (-12), averaging 14.0% of active cases. 333 active cases (+41 in the last seven days).

An average of 1,255 tests in the past week, for a positivity rate of 3.75%.

Ontario reported 1,418 new cases today with a seven-day average of 1,373 (+3). 1,415 recoveries and eight deaths translated to a drop of five active cases, and a current total of 12,623. +993 active cases for the week, and 139 deaths. 48,173 tests resulted in a 2.94% positivity rate. The positivity rate is averaging 3.67% for the past seven days.

ICU bed count dropped to 142 (-4) and the total hospital bed occupancy dropped to 518 (+66b for the week).

• 400 cases in Peel: 26.6 per 100K population
  
• 393 cases in Toronto: 13.6 per 100K
  
• 168 cases in York: 15.1 per 100K
  
• 77 cases in Ottawa: 7.7 per 100K
  
• 46 cases in Durham: 7.1 per 100K
  
• 45 cases in Windsor-Essex
  
• 37 cases in Middlesex-London
  
• 36 cases in Hamilton: 6.2 per 100K
  
• 36 cases in Halton: 7.1 per 100K
  
• 33 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka
  
• 21 cases in Niagara: 4.4 per 100K
  
• 21 cases in Grey-Bruce
  
• 28 cases in Waterloo: 4.3 per 100K (based on provincial reporting, one day behind the region)[/color]
  

Ottawa back up to 77; the GTA is at 1,042 cases. And now many other regions also at 20+ new cases.