Region adds 26 new COVID cases Friday - KitchenerToday.com

Region of Waterloo Public Health reported 26 new COVID-19 cases on Friday. It's the first time the daily case count has been above 20 since Saturday.

The overall case count is now at 18,487.

14 people are receiving treatment in hospital --- 11 are in intensive care.

The active caseload is 142.

Over 83 per cent of residents 12 and over have received at least one dose of the vaccine, which works out to over 790,000 doses. Over 72 per cent of residents 12 and over have been fully vaccinated.

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

• 4,779 cases have screened positive for variants of concern - 3,121 are the Alpha variant (first found in U.K.) - 21 are linked to the Beta variant (first detected in South Africa) - 1,282 are linked to the Delta strain (first located in India) - 98 are linked to the Gamma variant (first found in Brazil) - 257 cases where a mutation has been detected
• The death toll remains at 283. No new deaths were reported on Friday
• 18,049 resolved cases (98 per cent)
• Over 546,000 tests have been done

There are currently 10 active outbreaks in the region. Seven are in workplaces:

• Food and beverage services 20 (3 cases)
• Retail 14 (2 cases)
• Food processing 12 (3 cases)
• Automotive supply 1 (2 cases)
• Property management 1 (2 cases)
• Trades and related services 21 (2 cases)
• St. Mary's General Hospital - Fourth floor
• Adventure 4 Change day camp - multiple cohorts (9 cases)
• Manufacturing/industrial 40 (3 cases)
• Grand River Hospital - 6 South

Meantime, the province reported 340 new cases on Friday.

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

• 9.23 million residents fully vaccinated --- 19.76 million doses have been administered
• 551,678 total cases
• 540,407 resolved cases
• 114 people are in hospital - 110 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***) - 76 are on a ventilator
• 9,392 deaths (18 new)
• 23,448 tests completed Thursday --- Over 16.67 million since January 15, 2020

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