There were three new COVID-19 outbreaks announced by Waterloo Public Health on Wednesday, including one at a dental clinic.
The agency said three people tested positive at the office but have not provided further details.
“For workplace settings, the name of a setting under outbreak will not be reported unless there is an increased risk to the general public or Public Health needs to ask the general public to self-identify as contacts of a setting,” Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, the region’s acting medical officer of health, said in a statement.
“For the currently reported dental services setting outbreak, there were no high risk contacts outside of the workplace identified by Public Health.”
She says, “the dental service setting has notified others including clients who would be considered low-risk contacts.”
The other new outbreaks are at the Stirling Heights long-term care home in Cambridge and Doon Village retirement residence, where residents have tested positive for the coronavirus.
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In all, there are now 11 outbreaks in the region, including five at nursing homes, three at schools, two at daycares, one at Wilfrid Laurier University and one in a congregate setting.
Waterloo Public Health announced another 20 positive tests for the coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases to 1,934.
A total of 21 other people were cleared of the virus, bringing the total number of resolved cases to 1,688.
There are currently 126 active COVID-19 cases in Waterloo Region, including four people who are in hospital.
Ontario reported 721 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the provincial total to 61,413.
Wednesday’s provincial case count is a slight decrease from Tuesday’s, which saw 746 new infections, and Monday’s with 807.
According to Wednesday’s provincial report, 270 new cases were recorded in Toronto, 170 in Peel Region, 79 in York Region, 41 in Hamilton and 39 in Ottawa. All other public health units in Ontario reported under 25 new cases.
—With files from Global News’ Gabby Rodrigues
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