Fourteen more people connected to COVID-19 cases from the area are now in hospital than what had been reported by Waterloo Public Health reported 24 hours earlier.
The agency says 11 of the 40 people in hospital are in intensive care.
Waterloo Public Health reported 67 new positive tests for the coronavirus on Tuesday, raising the total number of COVID-19 cases in the area to 4,114.
It is the fifth straight day that fewer than 70 cases have been reported in the area, although it is also the most new cases in one day over that stretch.
Public health says 121 people were cleared of the virus, raising the total number of resolved cases in the area to 3,529.
No new deaths were announced, leaving Waterloo Region’s death toll at 127.
There were two new outbreaks declared in the area including one at Derbecker’s Heritage House in St. Jacobs and another at a manufacturing/industrial workplace.
Outbreaks were declared over the Sunnyside Laurel Creek Unit and in trades, leaving the total number of active outbreaks in the area at 22.
Elsewhere, the province reported 1,676 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 130,910.
Tuesday’s case count is a decrease from Monday’s, which saw 1,925 new infections and marked a record in the province. On Sunday, 1,924 cases were recorded and 1,859 on Saturday.
According to Tuesday’s provincial report, 588 cases were recorded in Toronto, 349 in Peel Region and 141 in York Region.
All other public health units in Ontario reported under 100 new cases.
The death toll in the province has risen to 3,808 as 10 more deaths were reported.
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