Omicron COVID-19 variant is infectious for up to 10 days, Tam says There have now been 15 deaths announced in Waterloo Region since Jan.
1 including six over the past three days.There are also 131 people in area hospitals who are suffering from COVID-19 including 21 who are in need of intensive care.
On Tuesday, those numbers were reported as 136 and 17.Waterloo Public Health reported another 359 positive tests for the coronavirus on Wednesday, lifting the total number of cases in the area to 35,790.
This drops the rolling seven-day average number of new daily cases down to 447.3 from 468.9.The agency warns that due to testing availability, case counts on its dashboard are likely lower than the actual number of cases in Waterloo Region.Another 243 people were cleared of the virus, lifting the total number of resolved cases to 26,285.