The COVID-19 pandemic

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FRIDAY 2020-12-11

Waterloo Region reported 90 new cases for today (23.1% of the active cases).  422 new cases for the week (+28), averaging 12.7% of active cases. 429 active cases (-226 in the last seven days).

A shocker of a number for new cases after a long series of daily case counts around 60. It turns out that 26 of those are at a single LTC facility. This is terrible because those are some of the highest-risk people. However, on the positive side, the non-LTC number is only 64, still stable, so no indication of massive new community spread.

An average of 1,767 cases/day for the past week, for an average positivity of 3.57%.

Ontario reported 1,848 new cases today -- another new high -- with a seven-day average of 1,822 (+10). 1,753 recoveries and 45 deaths translated to an increase of 50 active cases, and a current total of 16,283. +1,286 active cases for the week and 179 deaths. 63,051 tests -- a new record here, again -- resulted in a 2.93% positivity rate. The positivity rate is averaging 3.56% for the past seven days, as compared to 3.77% for the preceding seven.

235 patients in ICU (+7) and 808 hospital beds in total (+134 for the week).

• 386 cases in Peel: 27.9 per 100K
  
• 106 cases in Windsor-Essex: 27.3 per 100K
  
• 46 cases in Eastern Ontario: 22.7 per 100K
  
• 54 cases in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph: 19.9 per 100K
  
• 205 cases in York: 18.5 per 100K
  
• 469 cases in Toronto: 16.0 per 100K
  
• 91 cases in Durham: 14.1 per 100K
  
• 77 cases in Waterloo: 12.5 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
  
• 57 cases in Halton: 10.4 per 100K
  
• 58 cases in Hamilton: 10.0 per 100K
  
• 33 cases in Middlesex-London: 8.2 per 100K
  
• 39 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka: 7.2 per 100K
  
• 59 cases in Ottawa: 5.9 per 100K
  
• 25 cases in Niagara: 5.6 per 100K
  

Not sure if you are aware, but Windsor and York are going into Lockdown (Grey) Monday at midnight.
Guelph and London are going into Red, Monday at midnight.