***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.***
Region of Waterloo Public Health reported two new COVID-related deaths on Friday afternoon. The local death toll is now 417.
117 new COVID-19 cases were also confirmed over the last three days. This week, the local health department switched to just providing the data on Tuesdays and Fridays.
There have been 46,263 local cases since March 2020. The resolved case rate is 98 per cent.
Hospitalizations have increased by six to 46. Seven patients are in intensive care with COVID.
The active caseload is down to 454.
In terms of variants of concern, the region's dashboard shows 303 of those cases (97.1 per cent) have been linked to the Omicron variant since April 17.
86.2 per cent of residents five and over in Waterloo Region are now fully vaccinated. Over 1.34 million doses have been administered to local residents, including over 300,000 third doses. 51.6 per cent of those 12 and over have received a third dose.
54.3 per cent of children between 5 and 11 have received at least one dose. 40.7 are fully vaccinated.
There are 14 outbreaks in the region. You can find the complete list of outbreaks on the region's dashboard.
Meanwhile, the province reported 1,412 new cases Friday.
The rest of the provincial COVID-19 totals are posted below:
- 87 per cent of those 5 and over have been fully vaccinated
- 1,165 people hospitalized with COVID. 163 patients are in intensive care units with COVID-related illnesses
- 1,293,226 total cases
- 1,263,669 resolved cases
- 13,146 deaths (16 new)
