Waterloo Region reaches over 18,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, another related death reported
Region of Waterloo health officials are reporting 26 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number to 18,004.
The Sunday afternoon online dashboard update also shows 50 more cases considered resolved and the active case count dropped by 19. The active case total is now below 300 for the first time since June 1.
Another virus-related death has been reported in the region.
The number of hospitalizations and people being treated in the ICU have remained unchanged.
Health officials have also identified 11 more cases as variants of concern, with one being an Alpha variant and the 10 others as Deltas.
Facility outbreaks have been declared over at Highland Place Retirement Home, Kaljas Home, and an unnamed food processing plant.
This brings the Waterloo Region COVID-19 totals to 18,004 confirmed cases, 17,437 resolved, 278 deaths, 284 active cases, 21 hospitalized, 17 in the ICU, 17 outbreaks, 4,204 variants of concern, 3,108 Alpha variants, 13 Betas, 62 Gammas, and 704 Deltas.
In Ontario, health officials confirmed six more deaths and 166 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday. Today’s total comes after officials reported 179 infections on Saturday, 183 infections on Friday and 210 infections on Thursday.
The death tally in the province rose to 9,251. Ontario also deemed 278 more cases of the disease to be resolved as of Sunday, bringing the total number of recovered patients up to 536,306.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Large numbers of New York City police officers begin entering Columbia University campus
Large numbers of New York City police officers began entering the Columbia University late Tuesday as dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters remained on the campus.
Poilievre kicked out of Commons after calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 'wacko'
Testy exchanges between the prime minister and his chief opponent ended with the Opposition leader and one of his MPs being ejected from the House of Commons on Tuesday -- and the rest of Conservative caucus walking out of the chamber in protest.
Baby, grandparents among 4 people killed in wrong-way police chase on Ontario's Hwy. 401
A police chase which started with a liquor store robbery in Bowmanville Monday night ended in tragedy some 20 minutes later when a suspect fleeing police entered Highway 401 in the wrong direction and caused a pileup which killed an infant and the child's grandparents, as well as the suspect, investigators say.
Freeland leaves capital gains tax change out of coming budget implementation bill, here's why
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will be tabling yet another omnibus bill to pass a sweeping range of measures promised in her April 16 federal budget, though left out of the legislation will be the government's proposed capital gains tax change.
Sword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 4 others
A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers in a northeast London suburb Tuesday, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring four other people, British authorities said.
Man dies after suffering cardiac arrest while waiting in ER, widow wants investigation
When an ambulance took David Lippert to the hospital in March of 2023, the 68-year-old Kitchener, Ont., executive was hoping to find out why he was feeling weak and unable to walk. Some 24 hours later, he was found unresponsive in the ER.
CSE says it shared information on Chinese hacking of parliamentarians in 2022
While several MPs and senators say they were only recently made aware of China-backed hackers targeting them, the Communications Security Establishment, one of Canada's intelligence agencies, says it shared information about the incident with parliamentary officials in June of 2022.
WATCH Arnold Schwarzenegger spotted filming in Elora, Ont.
The name of the project has not been officially released although it’s widely believed to be the Netflix series FUBAR.
Eviction for landlord's use was legitimate, despite owners' partial move, B.C. court rules
A B.C. judge has upheld the eviction of a family from their North Vancouver townhouse, finding that the landlords did not take an unreasonable amount of time to move into the home after the tenants vacated it.