08-18-2021, 03:30 PM
WEDNESDAY 2021-08-18
Waterloo Region reported 13 new cases for today (9.2% of the active cases) and zero additional for yesterday for nine; 123 new cases for the week (+2 from yesterday and -6 from last week), averaging 12.1% of active cases. 139 active cases, -8 in the last seven days.
Next testing report on Friday
1,551 doses of vaccine administered yesterday, with a seven-day average at 1,833 (previous week was 2,280). 69.30% of total regional population vaccinated (+0.07% from yesterday, +0.42% from 7 days ago), 62.69% fully vaccinated (+0.20% from yesterday, +1.75% from 7 days ago).
Ontario reported 485 new cases today with a seven-day average of 496 (+11), compared to 332 a week ago. 345 recoveries and three deaths translated to an increase of 137 active cases and a new total of 4,067. +1,436 active cases for the week and 11 deaths (two per day). 26,307 tests with a positivity rate of 1.84%. The positivity rate is averaging 2.39% for the past seven days, compared to 1.76% for the preceding seven. No ICU data today.
Vaccination data delayed.
New case variants reported today (these are substantially delayed so they do not match the new case numbers):
Cases/100K by region:
Waterloo Region reported 13 new cases for today (9.2% of the active cases) and zero additional for yesterday for nine; 123 new cases for the week (+2 from yesterday and -6 from last week), averaging 12.1% of active cases. 139 active cases, -8 in the last seven days.
Next testing report on Friday
1,551 doses of vaccine administered yesterday, with a seven-day average at 1,833 (previous week was 2,280). 69.30% of total regional population vaccinated (+0.07% from yesterday, +0.42% from 7 days ago), 62.69% fully vaccinated (+0.20% from yesterday, +1.75% from 7 days ago).
Ontario reported 485 new cases today with a seven-day average of 496 (+11), compared to 332 a week ago. 345 recoveries and three deaths translated to an increase of 137 active cases and a new total of 4,067. +1,436 active cases for the week and 11 deaths (two per day). 26,307 tests with a positivity rate of 1.84%. The positivity rate is averaging 2.39% for the past seven days, compared to 1.76% for the preceding seven. No ICU data today.
Vaccination data delayed.
New case variants reported today (these are substantially delayed so they do not match the new case numbers):
Cases/100K by region:
- 75 cases in Windsor-Essex: 19.3 per 100K
- 11 cases in Brant: 8.1 per 100K
- 27 cases in Middlesex-London: 6.7 per 100K
- 36 cases in Hamilton: 6.2 per 100K
- 4 cases in Northwestern: 4.6 per 100K
- 59 cases in Peel: 4.3 per 100K
- 4 cases in Chatham-Kent: 3.8 per 100K
- 108 cases in Toronto: 3.7 per 100K
- 17 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka: 3.1 per 100K
- 4 cases in Lambton: 3.1 per 100K
- 16 cases in Halton: 2.9 per 100K
- 7 cases in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph: 2.6 per 100K
- 16 cases in Durham: 2.5 per 100K
- 2 cases in Huron Perth: 2.0 per 100K
- 3 cases in Thunder Bay: 2.0 per 100K
- 4 cases in Southwestern Ontario: 2.0 per 100K
- 22 cases in York: 2.0 per 100K
- 12 cases in Waterloo: 1.9 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
- 19 cases in Ottawa: 1.9 per 100K
- 7 cases in Sudbury: 1.8 per 100K
- 6 cases in Niagara: 1.3 per 100K
- 2 cases in Grey Bruce: 1.2 per 100K
- 2 cases in Leeds, Grenville & Lanark: 1.2 per 100K
- 2 cases in Kingston Frontenac: 1.0 per 100K

