The COVID-19 pandemic

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TUESDAY 2021-02-23

Waterloo Region reported 40 new cases today (12.2% of the active cases) and four more for yesterday for a total of 32; 298 new cases for the week (+25), averaging 12.8% of active cases. 341 active cases, -6 in the last seven days.

An average of 1,332 tests per day for the past week, with a positivity rate of 3.20%.

Ontario reported 975 new cases today with a seven-day average of 1,055 (+10). 1,002 recoveries and 12 deaths translated to a drop of 39 active cases and a new total of 10,296. -1,308 active cases for the week and 165 deaths (24 per day). 25,979 tests for a positivity rate of 3.75%. The positivity rate is averaging 2.52% for the past seven days, compared to 2.27% for the preceding seven.

In the past week there have been 81 cases (-7) of B.1.1.7 (UK), zero cases (-2) of B.1.351 (SA) and zero cases (+0) of P.1 (BR) variant.

283 patients in ICU (+3 today, -9 for the week). Total hospital population of 718 (-24 for the week).

• 37 cases in Thunder Bay: 24.7 per 100K
  
• 186 cases in Peel: 13.5 per 100K
  
• 343 cases in Toronto: 11.7 per 100K
  
• 48 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka: 8.9 per 100K
  
• 11 cases in Lambton: 8.4 per 100K
  
• 32 cases in Windsor-Essex: 8.2 per 100K
  
• 89 cases in York: 8.0 per 100K
  
• 40 cases in Waterloo: 6.5 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
  
• 35 cases in Hamilton: 6.0 per 100K
  
• 8 cases in Brant: 5.9 per 100K
  
• 35 cases in Durham: 5.4 per 100K
  
• 27 cases in Halton: 4.9 per 100K
  
• 5 cases in Chatham-Kent: 4.7 per 100K
  
• 21 cases in Niagara: 4.7 per 100K
  
• 17 cases in Middlesex-London: 4.2 per 100K
  
• 6 cases in Southwestern Ontario: 3.0 per 100K
  
• 8 cases in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph: 2.9 per 100K
  

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