The COVID-19 pandemic

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SUNDAY 2021-02-21

Waterloo Region reported 49 new cases today (15.1% of the active cases) and six more for yesterday for a total of 52; 278 new cases for the week (+20), averaging 11.6% of active cases. 318 active cases, -68 in the last seven days.

Next testing report on Tuesday.

Ontario reported 1,087 new cases today with a seven-day average of 1,031 (+15). 1,140 recoveries and 13 deaths translated to a drop of 66 active cases and a new total of 10,371. -1,676 active cases for the week and 168 deaths (24 per day). 48,178 tests for a positivity rate of 2.26%. The positivity rate is averaging 2.43% for the past seven days, compared to 2.45% for the preceding seven.

In the past week there have been 88 cases (-1) of B.1.1.7 (UK), three cases (-3) of B.1.351 (SA) and zero cases (-1) of P.1 (BR) variant.

277 patients in ICU (+14 today, -15 for the week). Total hospital population of 660 (-87 for the week).

• 31 cases in Thunder Bay: 20.7 per 100K
  
• 12 cases in Huron Perth: 12.2 per 100K
  
• 344 cases in Toronto: 11.7 per 100K
  
• 156 cases in Peel: 11.3 per 100K
  
• 15 cases in Brant: 11.0 per 100K
  
• 122 cases in York: 11.0 per 100K
  
• 9 cases in Northwestern: 10.3 per 100K
  
• 13 cases in Lambton: 9.9 per 100K
  
• 49 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka: 9.1 per 100K
  
• 32 cases in Windsor-Essex: 8.2 per 100K
  
• 51 cases in Durham: 7.9 per 100K
  
• 77 cases in Ottawa: 7.7 per 100K
  
• 43 cases in Waterloo: 7.0 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
  
• 25 cases in Niagara: 5.6 per 100K
  
• 13 cases in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph: 4.8 per 100K
  
• 26 cases in Hamilton: 4.5 per 100K
  
• 20 cases in Halton: 3.6 per 100K
  
• 10 cases in Middlesex-London: 2.5 per 100K
  
• 5 cases in Eastern Ontario: 2.5 per 100K
  

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