The COVID-19 pandemic

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FRIDAY 2021-09-10

Waterloo Region reported 31 new cases for today (16.3% of the active cases) and zero additional for yesterday for 27; 166 new cases for the week (+9 from yesterday and +12 from last week), averaging 13.3% of active cases. 199 active cases, +25 in the last seven days.

An average of only 629 tests/day for the past seven days; this automatically pulls up the positivity rate, which ended up at 3.77%.

1,132 doses of vaccine administered yesterday, with a seven-day average at 1,325 (previous week was 1,315). 74.96% of total regional population vaccinated (+0.07% from yesterday, +0.69% from 7 days ago), 69.41% fully vaccinated (+0.11% from yesterday, +0.91% from 7 days ago).

Ontario reported 848 new cases today with a seven-day average of 729 (+6), compared to 732 a week ago -- the first week-over-week drop in a long time. 770 recoveries and five (new) deaths translated to an increase of 67 active cases and a new total of 6,123. +29 active cases and 29 deaths for the week. 28,247 tests with a positivity rate of 3.00%. The positivity rate is averaging 3.11% for the past seven days, compared to 2.99% for the preceding seven.

153 people in the ICU, -7 from yesterday and +9 over the past week. 361 total people hospitalized, +35 over the past week.

35,844 doses of vaccine administered yesterday, with a seven-day average at 32,352 (previous week was 32,866). 74.52% of total provincial population vaccinated (+0.11% from yesterday, +0.71% from 7 days ago), 68.81% fully vaccinated (+0.13% from yesterday, +0.83% from 7 days ago).

Cases/100K by region:

• 21 cases in Chatham-Kent: 19.8 per 100K
  
• 74 cases in Windsor-Essex: 19.0 per 100K
  
• 21 cases in Eastern Ontario: 10.4 per 100K
  
• 10 cases in Huron Perth: 10.2 per 100K
  
• 53 cases in Hamilton: 9.2 per 100K
  
• 117 cases in Peel: 8.5 per 100K
  
• 48 cases in Durham: 7.4 per 100K
  
• 77 cases in York: 6.9 per 100K
  
• 35 cases in Halton: 6.4 per 100K
  
• 166 cases in Toronto: 5.7 per 100K
  
• 24 cases in Niagara: 5.4 per 100K
  
• 52 cases in Ottawa: 5.2 per 100K
  
• 27 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka: 5.0 per 100K
  
• 19 cases in Middlesex-London: 4.7 per 100K
  
• 6 cases in Brant: 4.4 per 100K
  
• 26 cases in Waterloo: 4.2 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
  
• 10 cases in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph: 3.7 per 100K
  
• 7 cases in Kingston Frontenac: 3.4 per 100K
  
• 4 cases in Lambton: 3.1 per 100K
  
• 4 cases in Grey Bruce: 2.5 per 100K
  
• 7 cases in Sudbury: 1.8 per 100K
  
• 3 cases in Leeds, Grenville & Lanark: 1.8 per 100K
  
• 3 cases in Southwestern Ontario: 1.5 per 100K
  
• 1 cases in Northwestern: 1.1 per 100K