Waterloo Public Health reported another 36 positive tests for the coronavirus on Friday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in the area to 20,400.
With a substantial increase in the number of positive tests over the past week, the seven-day average of new cases rose to 27.6. A week ago, that number was just 16.4.
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Another 24 people were also eliminated from the virus, as the number of resolved cases in the area has risen to 19,874.
It has been more than a week since Waterloo Public Health reported a new COVID-19 related death, leaving the death toll in the area at 305, including two victims in November.
The area now has 219 active COVID-19 cases, a number that stood at just 128 a week earlier.
There are also 12 people in area hospitals suffering from COVID-19, including six in need of intensive care.
The area now also has 13 active COVID-19 outbreaks after one was declared at Preston Public School in Cambridge and another in a congregated setting, while a third was declared to have ended up in an unnamed place of worship.
At the other end of the spectrum, Waterloo Public Health says 905,652 COVID-19 vaccines have now been made in the region, an increase of 887 since Thursday’s report.
Additionally, 449,242 area residents are now fully vaccinated, an increase of 389 from the previous 24 hours.
This means that 76.29 percent of Waterloo region residents are now fully vaccinated, a number that rises to 88.59 percent when those ineligible are discounted.
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Elsewhere, Ontario reported 598 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, as week-over-week case counts continue to rise. The total number of provincial cases now stands at 605,846.
For comparison, last Friday he saw 563 new cases and the Friday before he saw 419. All three Fridays saw similar test volumes in the 30,000 range.
Of the 598 new cases registered, the data showed that 298 were unvaccinated, 24 were partially vaccinated, 222 were fully vaccinated, and for 54 people the vaccination status was unknown.
According to friday report, 63 cases were recorded in Toronto, 55 in Simcoe Muskoka, 43 in the Peel and Windsor-Essex region, 37 in Ottawa and the Durham region, 35 in the Southwest and 32 in the York region. All other local public health units reported fewer than 30 new cases in the provincial report.
The death toll in the province has risen to 9,921, as five more deaths were recorded.
–With files from Gabby Rodrigues of Global News
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