Waterloo Public Health on Tuesday reported two new COVID-19-related deaths, which increased the death toll in the area to 361, including 48 victims so far in 2022.
“Today, we report two deaths in our community related to COVID-19,” said Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, medical officer of health said. “The two individuals were male, in their 80s. I want to express my deepest sympathy to the families of these individuals. ”
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The most recent victims were residents of long-term care or retirement homes in the area where COVID-19 outbreaks were reported.
There are now 64 COVID-19 outbreaks in the region, with 32 linked to long-term care or retirement homes, while 19 occur in community settings and the remaining 12 are linked to the three hospitals in the region.
Those hospitals say they now care for 125 patients with COVID-19, including 19 in need of intensive care.
Waterloo Public Health on Tuesday reported 99 new positive tests for the coronavirus, which increased the total number of cases in the area to 38,431.
This is the first time since mid-December that fewer than 100 cases have been reported in a day, although the numbers are seen as an underestimation of the actual community load, as changes to test availability have diminished the truth of the totals.
The continuous seven-day average number of new daily transactions has now dropped to 163.71. A week ago, that number came to 265.
In addition, a further 232 people were cleared of the virus, which increased the total number of resolved cases in the area to 35,983.
This leaves the area with 1,628 active COVID-19 cases, which is about 700 less than the 2,374 reported last Tuesday.
At the far end of the equation, Waterloo Public Health reports that 1,230,525 COVID-19 vaccinations have now been done in the region, an increase of 1,563 over Monday. Last Tuesday, the difference worked out to 1,839, so the vaccination wave is still slowing down.
Another 1,123 residents received a third dose of vaccine which increased the total to 267,507, while another 476 received a second dose which increased the total to 477,461. This means that 78.89 percent of all qualifying residents have now had two doses and are therefore considered fully vaccinated.
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3,091 people in Ontario hospitals with COVID, 568 in intensive care
Elsewhere, Ontario reported 3,091 people in hospital with COVID on Tuesday, with 568 in intensive care units.
That is more than 108 hospitalizations, but a decrease of 15 in ICUs since the previous day. Last Tuesday, there were 4,008 hospitalizations with 626 in ICU.
Meanwhile, Ontario also reported 2,622 new laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, though that is an underestimation of the true widespread transmission of the virus due to recent testing restrictions. The provincial case total now stands at 1,035,916.
The death toll in the province rose to 11,504 as another 60 virus-related deaths were added. Officials noted that three deaths were removed from the cumulative total due to data clearance and these deaths occurred more than a month ago.
– with files from Global News’s Gabby Rodrigues
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