The COVID-19 pandemic

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SUNDAY 2021-02-28

Waterloo Region reported 48 new cases for today (11.6% of the active cases) and one fewer for yesterday for a total of 39; 340 new cases for the week (+5), averaging 13.7% of active cases. 426 active cases, +107 in the last seven days.

Next testing report on Tuesday.

Ontario reported 1,062 new cases today with a seven-day average of 1,104 (-4). 1,029 recoveries and 20 deaths translated to an increase of 13 active cases and a new total of 10,492. +121 active cases for the week and 119 deaths (17 per day). 49,185 tests for a positivity rate of 2.16%. The positivity rate is averaging 2.41% for the past seven days, compared to 2.43% for the preceding seven.

In the past week there have been 137 cases (+15) of B.1.1.7 (UK), 18 cases (+2) of B.1.351 (SA) and two cases (+1) of P.1 (BR) variant.

289 patients in ICU (+13 today, +12 for the week).

• 31 cases in Brant: 22.8 per 100K
  
• 43 cases in Southwestern Ontario: 21.5 per 100K
  
• 26 cases in Lambton: 19.8 per 100K
  
• 14 cases in Northwestern: 16.0 per 100K
  
• 42 cases in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph: 15.4 per 100K
  
• 22 cases in Thunder Bay: 14.7 per 100K
  
• 201 cases in Peel: 14.5 per 100K
  
• 60 cases in Waterloo: 9.7 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
  
• 259 cases in Toronto: 8.8 per 100K
  
• 47 cases in Halton: 8.6 per 100K
  
• 45 cases in Hamilton: 7.8 per 100K
  
• 86 cases in York: 7.7 per 100K
  
• 25 cases in Windsor-Essex: 6.4 per 100K
  
• 5 cases in Chatham-Kent: 4.7 per 100K
  
• 18 cases in Niagara: 4.0 per 100K
  
• 20 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka: 3.7 per 100K
  
• 23 cases in Durham: 3.6 per 100K
  
• 13 cases in Middlesex-London: 3.2 per 100K
  
• 31 cases in Ottawa: 3.1 per 100K
  
• 3 cases in Huron Perth: 3.1 per 100K
  
• 4 cases in Leeds, Grenville & Lanark: 2.4 per 100K
  

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