Region reports 60 new COVID cases, three more deaths Wednesday - KitchenerToday.com

Region of Waterloo Public Health confirmed 60 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. 56 are from Tuesday, the other four were added to previous daily totals.

It puts the overall total at 17,584.

There have also been three more COVID-related deaths, a man in his 70s, a woman in her 80s, and a woman in her 90s. It raises the death toll to 265.

55 people are receiving treatment for the virus in a local hospital --- 22 are intensive care.

The active caseload is down to 416.

Over 78 per cent of adults in the region have received at least one dose of the vaccine, which works out to over 551,000 doses. Over 34 per cent of residents 18 and over (160,000 plus) have been fully vaccinated.

Here are some other updates from the region's dashboard: 

• 3,891 cases have screened positive for variants of concern - 3,083 are the Alpha variant (first found in U.K.) - 11 are linked to the Beta variant (first detected in South Africa) - 422 are linked to the Delta strain (first located in India) - 61 are linked to the Gamma variant (first found in Brazil) - 314 cases where a mutation has been detected
• 16,885 resolved cases (96 per cent)
• Over 517,000 tests have been done

There are currently 22 active outbreaks in the region. 11 are in workplaces:

• NEW Highland Place Retirement Home (1 case in staff, 1 case in a resident)
• NEW Zora Srpski Dom Retirement Home (2 cases in residents)
• NEW Retail 13 (3 cases)
• NEW Farm 3 (2 cases)
• Marian Residence Retirement Home (1 case in staff, 1 case in a resident)
• Manufacturing / Industrial 37 (3 cases)
• Congregate Setting 45 (1 case)
• St. Mary’s General Hospital
• Grand River Hospital - adult inpatient mental health unit 
• Kaljas Home (6 cases)
• Congregate Setting 43 (1 case)
• Congregate Setting 44 (2 cases)
• Construction 16 (3 cases)
• Trades & Related Service 16 (2 cases)
• Food Processing 10 (10 cases)
• Retail 12 (6 cases)
• Retail 11 (2 cases)
• Automobile sales & services 8 (2 cases)
• General office setting 14 (8 cases)
• Trades and related services 14 (6 cases)
• The Village of Winston Park long-term care (12 cases in residents, 6 in staff, one death)
• Congregate setting 42 - multiple locations (108 cases)

Meantime, the province reported 184 cases on Wednesday.

The rest of the provincial COVID-19 totals are posted below:

• 4.8 million residents fully vaccinated --- 14.74 million doses have been administered
• 544,897 total cases
• 533,472 resolved cases
• 251 people are in hospital - 271 are in intensive care (***This number includes patients who are in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) levels 2 and 3 flex, neonatal, pediatric and adult. It includes people who are on ventilators and people who are not***) - 181 are on a ventilator
• 9,168 deaths (14 new)
• 27,258 tests completed Tuesday --- 15.94 million since January 15, 2020

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