COVID-19 cases top 10K in Waterloo region with 58 added Friday
Region of Waterloo Public Health reported 58 cases on Friday, bringing the total number of cases in the community since the start of the pandemic to 10,012.
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Posted: Feb 12, 2021 2:08 PM ET | Last Updated: February 12
Waterloo region reported 58 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. It brings the total since last March to 10,012. (Carmen Groleau/CBC)
There were 38 new COVID-19 cases reported in Waterloo region on Tuesday. Active case numbers dropped to 400 in the community and one person with the illness died.
The province has announced stay-at-home orders will be extended to Feb. 16 for Waterloo region, Guelph, Wellington County and Dufferin County. Meanwhile, Region of Waterloo Public Health reported 39 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday while Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph reported 65 over the weekend.
KITCHENER More students across southwestern Ontario returned to classrooms on Monday, including in Waterloo Region, where schools reopened for the first time since the Christmas break. It was a busy morning at Elizabeth Ziegler Public School as students returned to class after five weeks of distance learning. All students in Ontario began 2021 with online learning as part of the latest provincial shutdown. On Monday, most regions reopened schools with the exception of some Toronto-area school boards. Waterloo Region school boards said the first day back went smoothly. Things went really well, said Bill Lemon, superintendent of the Waterloo Region District School Board. Students seemed to step right back into the health and safety routines and the protocols we had in place.