Waterloo Public Health reported 21 more positive tests for the coronavirus on Friday, lifting the total number of COVID-19 cases in the area to 20,198.
This drops the rolling seven-day daily average number of new cases back down to 16.4.
In addition, another 16 people were also cleared of the virus, pushing the total number of resolved cases up 19,760.
And for the second straight day, no new COVID-19 related deaths were reported in the region, leaving the death toll at 305 including two so far in November.
The area now has 128 active COVID-19 cases, including 10 people who are in area hospitals as a result of the virus with three of those patients needing intensive care.
There are now nine active COVID-9 cases after one was declared at École élémentaire L’Harmonie in Waterloo where two people have tested positive for the coronavirus.
On the other side of the ledger, Waterloo Public Health says there have now been 899,027 COVID-19 vaccinations given in the region, an increase of 967 over Thursday’s number.
In addition, the agency says 446,481 area residents are now fully vaccinated, which is an increase of 428 from 24 hours earlier.
This means that 75.82 per cent of area residents are now fully vaccinated, a number which climbs to 88.05 after discounting people under age 11 who are ineligible to be vaccinated.
Elsewhere, Ontario reported 563 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, the first time the count surpassed 500 in almost four weeks. The provincial case total now stands at 602,087.
For comparison, last Friday there were 419 new cases and 492 the previous Friday. All three Fridays had comparable testing volumes in the 30,000 range. The last time the case count hit above 500 was on Oct. 10 when 535 new cases were recorded.
Of the 563 new cases recorded, the data showed 259 were unvaccinated people, 15 were partially vaccinated people, 249 were fully vaccinated people and for 40 people the vaccination status was unknown.
According to Friday’s report, 52 cases were recorded in York Region, 49 in Simcoe Muskoka, 44 each in Toronto, Peel Region, and Ottawa, 37 in Windsor-Essex, 29 in Southwestern and 28 in North Bay. All other local public health units reported fewer than 25 new cases in the provincial report.
*With files from Global News’ Gabby Rodrigues
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