Waterloo Public Health reports 2nd COVID-19 death in as many days – Kitchener

For the second time in as many days, Waterloo Public Well being is reporting a COVID-19-related dying within the area.

“Immediately we’re reporting one dying in our neighborhood associated to COVID-19. The person was a male in his 70s,” Dr. Julie Emili, affiliate medical officer of well being, said.

“I want to categorical my deep sympathy to the household and family members of the person.”

There have now been 305 COVID-19-related deaths within the space because the pandemic started, together with the 2 over the primary three days of November. There have been simply 4 victims introduced final month.

Waterloo Public Well being additionally reported one other 16 constructive exams for the coronavirus, elevating the overall variety of instances within the space to twenty,163.

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This lifts the rolling seven-day common variety of new each day instances to 18. Per week in the past, that quantity was sitting at 12.

One other 21 individuals had been additionally cleared of the virus, pushing the overall variety of resolved instances as much as 19,730.

This leaves the realm with 127 lively COVID-19 instances, down from 140 on Monday.

Space hospitals have 9 sufferers affected by COVID-19, together with two who’re in want of intensive care.

The area nonetheless has eight lively COVID-19 outbreaks after one was declared at Cedar Creek Public Faculty in Ayr as one other has ended at Breslau Public Faculty.

On the flip facet, Waterloo Public Well being says there have now been 897,205 COVID-19 vaccinations accomplished within the area, which is 669 greater than was reported on Tuesday.

As well as, 445,549 individuals at the moment are totally vaccinated, which is a rise of 384 over what was reported 24 hours earlier.

Because of this 75.66 per cent of space residents at the moment are totally vaccinated, a quantity that climbs to 87.86 per cent when one reductions these underneath the age of 12 who’re ineligible to be vaccinated.

Elsewhere, Ontario reported 378 new COVID-19 instances on Wednesday, a slight uptick from every week in the past. The provincial case whole now stands at 601,086.

Of the 378 new instances recorded, the information confirmed 186 had been unvaccinated individuals, 12 had been partially vaccinated individuals, 142 had been totally vaccinated individuals and for 41 individuals the vaccination standing was unknown.

In line with Wednesday’s report, 64 instances had been recorded in Toronto, 41 in York Area, 32 in Niagara, 26 in Simcoe Muskoka, 23 in Hamilton, 21 in Windsor-Essex and 20 in Ottawa. All different native public well being items reported fewer than 20 new instances within the provincial report.

The dying toll within the province has risen to 9,886 as 5 new deaths had been recorded.

—with information from International Information’ Gabby Rodrigues

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