2 New COVID-19 Victims Reported in Waterloo Region as Death Toll Rises to 302 | The Canadian News

Waterloo Public Health reported two new deaths from COVID-19 and another eight positive tests for the coronavirus on Tuesday.

The deaths are the second and third reported in October and bring the death toll in the area to 302.

“Today, we are reporting two deaths in our community related to COVID-19,” said Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, medical health officer.

“The individuals were a 70-year-old woman and an 80-year-old woman. I wish to express my condolences to the family and loved ones of each individual. “

One of those who died was a resident of the Trinity Village Studios retirement home in Kitchener, which has been in a state of outbreak since October 7.

The eight new COVID-19 cases bring the total for the region to 19,939 and reduce the seven-day average number of new daily cases to 12.4.

Another 16 people were eliminated from the virus, as the total number of cases resolved in the area amounts to 19,528.

The area has been reduced to 107 active COVID-19 cases, with six of those cases involving people in area hospitals, three of which are in intensive care.

The Waterloo region still has four active COVID-19 outbreaks, a total that has not changed since Monday. Two of the four are connected to schools.

Waterloo Public Health reported that 885,951 COVID-19 vaccinations have already been performed in the area, which is 884 more than it reported on Monday.

The agency also says that 439,127 residents are now fully vaccinated, which is 618 more than it reported 24 hours earlier.

This means that 86.4 percent of eligible residents are now fully vaccinated, a number that drops to 74.4 percent when the entire population is included.

Elsewhere, Ontario reported 328 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the ninth consecutive day the count is less than 500. The total provincial cases now stands at 595,563.

Of the 328 new cases recorded, the data showed that 177 were unvaccinated, 16 were partially vaccinated, 105 were fully vaccinated, and for 30 people the vaccination status was unknown.

According to Tuesday report, 60 cases were recorded in the Peel Region, 52 in Toronto, 20 in Ottawa, 19 in Windsor-Essex, 18 in Middlesex-London, 17 in Hamilton and 16 in Lambton Public Health.

All other local public health units reported fewer than 15 new cases in the provincial report.

The death toll in the province has risen to 9,819, as four more deaths were recorded.

—With files from Gabby Rodrigues of Global News

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