The COVID-19 pandemic

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SATURDAY 2021-02-20

Waterloo Region reported 46 new cases today (13.5% of the active cases) and no more for yesterday for a total of 42; 258 new cases for the week (+7), averaging 10.4% of active cases. 318 active cases, -76 in the last seven days.

Next testing report on Tuesday.

Ontario reported 1,228 new cases today with a seven-day average of 1,016 (-10). 1,313 recoveries and 28 deaths translated to a drop of 113 active cases and a new total of 10,437. -1,906 active cases for the week and 197 deaths (28 per day). 57,194 tests for a positivity rate of 2.15%. The positivity rate is averaging 2.40% for the past seven days, compared to 2.58% for the preceding seven.

In the past week there have been 89 cases (-21) of B.1.1.7 (UK), six cases (+0) of B.1.351 (SA) and one case (+0) of P.1 (BR) variant.

263 patients in ICU (-6 today, -24 for the week). Total hospital population of 699 (-87 for the week).

• 41 cases in Thunder Bay: 27.3 per 100K
  
• 20 cases in Northwestern: 22.8 per 100K
  
• 228 cases in Peel: 16.5 per 100K
  
• 86 cases in Hamilton: 14.8 per 100K
  
• 17 cases in Brant: 12.5 per 100K
  
• 132 cases in York: 11.9 per 100K
  
• 331 cases in Toronto: 11.3 per 100K
  
• 14 cases in Lambton: 10.7 per 100K
  
• 31 cases in Windsor-Essex: 8.0 per 100K
  
• 40 cases in Halton: 7.3 per 100K
  
• 47 cases in Durham: 7.3 per 100K
  
• 36 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka: 6.7 per 100K
  
• 38 cases in Waterloo: 6.2 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
  
• 24 cases in Middlesex-London: 5.9 per 100K
  
• 54 cases in Ottawa: 5.4 per 100K
  
• 11 cases in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph: 4.0 per 100K
  
• 8 cases in Eastern Ontario: 3.9 per 100K
  
• 3 cases in Huron Perth: 3.1 per 100K
  
• 13 cases in Niagara: 2.9 per 100K
  
• 4 cases in Southwestern Ontario: 2.0 per 100K
  

Only regions with at least two cases per 100,000 population