***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. Vaccine data is updated on Thursdays***
The region is reporting one new COVID-19-related death today; a woman in her 60s. The local death toll now sits at 409.
According to the latest data, hospitalizations have gone down to 57, with 8 patients in intensive care with COVID.
The health department reported 86 new cases Thursday, down from 104 Wednesday. That brings the overall total to 45,103. The resolved case rate is 96.9 per cent.
The active caseload is up to 962.
In terms of variants of concern, the region's dashboard shows 553 of those cases (95.2 per cent) have been linked to the Omicron variant since March 20.
86 per cent of residents five and over in Waterloo Region are now fully vaccinated. Over 1.32 million doses have been administered to local residents, including over 297,000 third doses. 56 per cent of those 12 and over have received a third dose.
54.6 per cent of children between 5 and 11 have received at least one dose. 40.3 are fully vaccinated.
There are 23 outbreaks in the region. You can find the complete list of outbreaks on the region's dashboard.
Meanwhile, the province reported 3,560 new cases Thursday.
The rest of the provincial COVID-19 totals are posted below:
- 87 per cent of those 5 and over have been fully vaccinated
- 1,661 COVID-positive patients in hospitals. 202 people in ICU because of COVID-related critical illness
- 1,252,578 total cases
- 1,208,322 resolved cases
- 12,792 deaths (20 new)
