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Six new COVID-related deaths reported in Waterloo Region

Hospitalizations declined to 40
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***Editor's note: The health department points out that due to changes in testing availability, case counts on its dashboard are an underestimate of the true number of individuals with COVID-19 in Waterloo Region. Local data is being provided on Fridays***

Region of Waterloo Public Health is reporting six new COVID-related deaths in its weekly update. They raise the local death toll since the start of the pandemic to 450.

Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, confirmed the individuals were two men in their 60s, a man in his 80s, a woman in her 70s, and two women in their 80s.

"I would like to express my deep sympathy to the families of these individuals," said Dr. Wang. 

Hospitalizations have dropped to 40 this week. There are only four patients in the ICU, continuing the decreasing trend from last week. 

425 new cases were also confirmed, putting the overall total at 49,799. The resolved case rate is 97.6 per cent.

The active caseload is now 485, down 31 from last week.

In terms of variants of concern, the region's dashboard shows 191 of those cases (95 per cent) have been linked to the Omicron variant since July 3.

82 per cent of residents five and over in Waterloo Region are now fully vaccinated. Over 1.39 million doses have been administered to local residents, including over 305,000 third doses. 49.6 per cent of residents have received a third dose.

56 per cent of children between 5 and 11 have received at least one dose. 40.8 are fully vaccinated.

There are 25 outbreaks in the region. You can find the complete list of outbreaks on the region's dashboard.