119 COVID cases reported Friday, one more death

There were 119 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Waterloo Region on Thursday.

118 cases were reported today, and alterations were made to previous days' tallies.

Overall, there have been 8,821 cases of the virus in the region.

One new death reported. The death toll locally is 185.

7,768 cases are considered resolved, or 88 per cent, which increased the resolved cases by 109.

Active cases went up by nine to 866.

39 people are hospitalized due to the virus – 13 are in the ICU.

There are currently 43 outbreaks in the region:

• Stirling Heights long-term care (two cases in staff)
• Golden Years long-term care (one case in staff)
• Beechwood Manor Retirement Home (one case in staff)
• Chartwell Terrace on the Square (one case in staff)
• Chartwell Elmira Retirement Residence (42 cases in residents, 18 in staff)
• Chartwell Bankside Retirement (one case in a resident, one in staff)
• St. Andrew's Terrace long-term care (two cases in residents, two in staff)
• Sunnyside Home long-term care – Laurel Creek (one case in staff)
• Highland Place Retirement Home (ten cases in residents, seven in staff, one death)
• Columbia Forest long-term care (12 cases in staff, one in resident)
• Briarfield Retirement Residence (one case in a resident, three in staff)
• Chartwell Westmount long-term care (62 cases in residents, 47 in staff, five deaths)
• Forest Heights long-term care (five cases in staff)
• Cambridge Country Manor (60 cases in residents, 70 in staff, 16 deaths)
• The Village of Winston Park Retirement Home (30 in residents, 33 in staff, six deaths)
• Luther Village on the Park Retirement Home (1 staff case)
• Cobble Creek Retirement Home (five resident cases)
• NEW St. Luke's Place Long-Term Care (1 staff case)
• NEW Derbecker's Heritage House Long-Term Care (1 staff case)
• NEW The Village at University Gates Retirement Home (1 staff case)
• Congregate setting 22 (four cases)
• Congregate setting 20 (three cases)
• Congregate setting 17 (10 cases)
• Congregate setting 18 (18 cases)
• Congregate setting 15 (19 cases)
• NEW General office setting (6 cases)
• NEW General office setting (3 cases)
• NEW Financial institution (2 cases)
• Manufacturing/industrial 24 (five cases)
• Manufacturing/industrial 23 (two cases)
• Manufacturing/industrial 22 (two cases)
• Automobile sales/service 2 (three cases)
• Paramedic station – North Division (three cases)
• Retail 4 (four cases)
• Manufacturing/industrial 21 (14 cases)
• Manufacturing/industrial 17 (25 cases)
• Food processing workplace 1 (161 cases)
• Public school board program (three cases)
• BrightPath Childcare Centre – Maple Grove (nine cases)
• St. Mary's General Hospital – 3 East Unit
• Grand River Hospital Mental Health Unit
• Grand River Hospital Children's Unit 3D N
• St. Mary's General Hospital 7th floor

Meantime, the province reported 2,662 new cases on Thursday.

The rest of the provincial COVID-19 totals are posted below:

    250,226 total cases
    1,512 people are in hospital – 383 are in intensive care – 291 are on a ventilator
    219,262 resolved cases
    5,701 deaths (87 new)
    71,750 tests completed Monday – 9.19 million since January 15, 2020