The COVID-19 pandemic

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SATURDAY 2021-01-23

Waterloo Region reported 90 new cases today (10.3% of the active cases) and two more for yesterday, for a total of 120); 689 new cases for the week (-35), averaging 10.8% of active cases. 861 active cases, -185 in the last seven days.

The next testing report will be on Tuesday.

Ontario reported 2,359 new cases today with a seven-day average of 2,603 (-100). 3,025 recoveries and 52 deaths translated to a drop of 718 active cases and a new total of 24,545. -4,073 active cases for the week and 413 deaths (59 per day). 63,453 tests for a positivity rate of 3.72%. The positivity rate is averaging 4.83% for the past seven days, compared to 5.51% for the preceding seven.

395 patients in ICU (+12 today, -2 for the week) and a total hospital population of 1,501 (-131 for the week).

• 422 cases in Peel: 30.5 per 100K
  
• 100 cases in Windsor-Essex: 25.7 per 100K
  
• 708 cases in Toronto: 24.2 per 100K
  
• 61 cases in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph: 22.4 per 100K
  
• 94 cases in Niagara: 21.0 per 100K
  
• 220 cases in York: 19.8 per 100K
  
• 107 cases in Hamilton: 18.5 per 100K
  
• 87 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka: 16.1 per 100K
  
• 29 cases in Eastern Ontario: 14.3 per 100K
  
• 14 cases in Huron Perth: 14.3 per 100K
  
• 77 cases in Halton: 14.0 per 100K
  
• 21 cases in Thunder Bay: 14.0 per 100K
  
• 86 cases in Waterloo: 13.9 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
  
• 55 cases in Middlesex-London: 13.6 per 100K
  
• 15 cases in Lambton: 11.5 per 100K
  
• 68 cases in Durham: 10.5 per 100K
  
• 21 cases in Southwestern Ontario: 10.5 per 100K
  
• 101 cases in Ottawa: 10.2 per 100K
  
• 8 cases in Chatham-Kent: 7.5 per 100K
  
• 9 cases in Brant: 6.6 per 100K