87 cases of COVID-19 reported in Waterloo region as new variant detected
Region of Waterloo Public Health reported 87 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the same day it was announced a variant of the virus has been reported in the region.
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Posted: Jan 29, 2021 2:22 PM ET | Last Updated: January 29
Waterloo region saw 87 new COVID-19 cases on Friday. Active cases dropped to 601 and there were no new deaths reported.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
KITCHENER Cambridge Memorial Hospital announced on Tuesday evening that it had started offering drive-thru testing at its COVID-19 assessment centre. The hospital s website notes that testing and assessment are still by appointment only. According to a post on Twitter, the drive-thru at 215 Holiday Inn Dr. is ideal if you do not have symptoms. For those with symptoms, the hospital recommends booking an appointment for an assessment and swab. The drive-thru opens at 10 a.m. every day. It runs until 6 p.m. on weekdays and until 3 p.m. on weekends and holidays. This is the second drive-thru COVID-19 testing centre that s opened in Waterloo Region since the pandemic began. The other, which is run by Grand River Hospital, originally opened on Glasgow Street in Kitchener before moving to the former Charles Street bus terminal.
Postcards sent by strangers aim to brighten spirits during pandemic
The Postcard Project invites people to pick up packages of three postcards at any location of the Idea Exchange, design them, write messages on them, and then return them to the exchange to be distributed to hospital workers and people living in care homes.
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Posted: Jan 26, 2021 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 26
People have been using a wide variety of techniques to create the art for the postcards, according to Shannon Markle of Idea Exchange.(David Donnelly/CBC)
A new project out of the Idea Exchange hopes that postcards sent between strangers will help brighten people s spirits during the pandemic winter.
Waterloo region s COVID-19 case trend is good, but there s still work to do, health official says
Region of Waterloo Public Health reported 119 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. The region s medical officer of health says while the community has seen the trend of new daily cases slow, we are not on the other side of the second wave yet.
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Waterloo region reported 119 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday.(Kate Bueckert/CBC)
Region s ICU beds at 90 per cent capacity now, but that number will change: Hospital president
The head of the COVID-19 response for Waterloo Wellington says the number of people being treated in area ICUs is very dynamic and changes regularly, but any transfers that are happening are happening in a very controlled way.
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Posted: Jan 21, 2021 1:09 PM ET | Last Updated: January 21
Lee Fairclough is president of St. Mary s General Hospital in Kitchener.(St. Mary s General Hospital)