Region reports 164 new COVID cases, four more deaths on Monday

Region of Waterloo Public Health confirmed 164 new coronavirus cases on Monday afternoon, plus four more COVID-related deaths.

It means there have been 7,503 cases here since March.

Two of the four deaths have been linked to outbreaks – one at Highland Place retirement home, the other at The Village of Winston Park retirement home – which puts the local death toll at 179.

It comes a day after the region hit a daily high for cases at 203 were reported on Sunday.

Here are some other updates from the region's COVID summary dashboard on Monday:

• 27 people are being treated in hospital, 13 are in intensive care
• 1,048 active cases
• 6,268 resolved cases (84 per cent)
• Over 284,000 tests have been done (numbers will be updated again on Tuesday)

There are currently 35 outbreaks in the region:

• NEW Chartwell Elmira retirement residence (three cases in residents)
• NEW Chartwell Clair Hills retirement residence (one case in staff)
• The Village of University Gates retirement home (one case in staff)
• Chartwell Bankside retirement (one case in a resident, one case in staff)
• St. Andrew's Terrace long-term care (two cases in residents, two cases in staff)
• The Village at Winston Park long-term care (three cases in staff)
• Sunnyside long-term care (Pioneer Tower) – (two cases in staff)
• The Village at University Gates (Wright Unit – (three cases in staff)
• Highland Place retirement home (six cases in residents, three in staff, one death)
• Columbia Forest long-term care (five cases in staff)
• Briarfield retirement residence (third floor) – (one case in a resident, two in staff)
• PeopleCare Hilltop Manor (two cases in staff)
• Chartwell Westmount long-term care (19 cases in residents, 15 in staff, one death)
• Forest Heights long-term care (four cases in staff)
• Cambridge Country Manor (60 cases in residents, 68 in staff, 16 deaths)
• The Village of Winston Park retirement home (25 cases in residents, 28 in staff, six deaths)
• NEW Congregate setting 20 (one case)
• NEW Congregate setting 19 (one case)
• Congregate setting 17 (eight cases)
• Congregate setting 16 (one case)
• Congregate setting 18 (12 cases)
• Congregate setting 15 (19 cases)
• Manufacturing/industrial 21 (six cases)
• Food and beverages services 12 (two cases)
• Waterloo Regional Police – North Division (three cases)
• Manufacturing/industrial 20 (two cases)
• Manufacturing/industrial 19 (two cases)
• Food and beverage services 11 (two cases)
• Farm 1 (four cases)
• Manufacturing/industrial 18 (two cases)
• Manufacturing/industrial 17 (15 cases)
• Manufacturing/industrial 16 (four cases)
• Food and beverage services 10 (four cases)
• Food processing workplace 1 (82 cases)
• Grand River Hospital Mental Health Unit
• Meantime, Ontario reported 3,338 new cases on Monday

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

• 219,120 total cases
• 1,563 people are in hospital – 387 in intensive care – 268 on a ventilator
• 183,476 resolved cases 
• 5,012 deaths (29 new)
• 46,403 tests completed Sunday  – 8.43 million since January 15, 2020