The COVID-19 pandemic

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WEDNESDAY 2021-01-20

Waterloo Region reported 73 new cases today (8.4% of the active cases) plus two more for yesterday (now totaling 94); 791 new cases for the week (-51), averaging 11.1% of active cases. 853 active cases, -204 in the last seven days.

Ontario reported 2,655 new cases today with a seven-day average of 2,850 (-13). 3,714 recoveries and 89 deaths translated to a drop of 1,148 active cases and a new total of 26,467. -3,169 active cases for the week and 441 deaths (63 per day). 54,307 tests for a positivity rate of 4.89%. The positivity rate is averaging 5.03% for the past seven days compared to 5.94% for the preceding seven.

395 patients in ICU (-5) and a total hospital population of 1,598 (-76 for the week).

• 179 cases in Windsor-Essex: 46.0 per 100K
  
• 473 cases in Peel: 34.2 per 100K
  
• 925 cases in Toronto: 31.6 per 100K
  
• 129 cases in Niagara: 28.8 per 100K
  
• 56 cases in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph: 20.6 per 100K
  
• 226 cases in York: 20.4 per 100K
  
• 101 cases in Waterloo: 16.3 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
  
• 65 cases in Middlesex-London: 16.1 per 100K
  
• 71 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka: 13.1 per 100K
  
• 75 cases in Hamilton: 12.9 per 100K
  
• 13 cases in Chatham-Kent: 12.3 per 100K
  
• 17 cases in Thunder Bay: 11.3 per 100K
  
• 11 cases in Huron Perth: 11.2 per 100K
  
• 70 cases in Durham: 10.8 per 100K
  
• 20 cases in Southwestern Ontario: 10.0 per 100K
  
• 51 cases in Halton: 9.3 per 100K
  
• 12 cases in Lambton: 9.2 per 100K
  
• 86 cases in Ottawa: 8.6 per 100K
  
• 16 cases in Eastern Ontario: 7.9 per 100K