Region reports 14 new COVID cases Saturday - KitchenerToday.com

Region of Waterloo Public Health reported 14 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday. 

The overall case count is now at 18,501.

14 people are receiving treatment in hospital --- 12 are in intensive care.

The active caseload is down to 138.

Over 83 per cent of residents 12 and over have received at least one dose of the vaccine, which works out to over 793,000 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: 

• 4,781 cases have screened positive for variants of concern - 3,122 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) - 258 cases where a mutation has been detected
• The death toll remains at 283. No new deaths were reported on Saturday
• 18,068 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 (4 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 378 new cases on Saturday.

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

• 9.28 million residents fully vaccinated --- 19.82 million doses have been administered
• 552,056 total cases
• 540,598 resolved cases
• 138 people are in hospital - 111 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***) - 81 are on a ventilator
• 9,401 deaths (9 new)
• 20,858 tests completed Friday --- Over 16.69 million since January 15, 2020

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