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Chartwell Westmount outbreak declared over as region reports 32 new COVID-19 cases Thursday
A large outbreak at Chartwell Westmount long-term care home has been declared over. The outbreak, which started Dec. 27, saw 74 people living at the home and 71 staff members contract the virus and 19 people have died. Meanwhile, the region reported 32 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday.
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Waterloo region reported 32 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
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Region reports 34 new COVID cases, another death Thursday
29 outbreaks remain active
It raises the local total to 10,870.
There has also been another COVID-related death, a man in his 60s who lived at a congregate setting currently in outbreak, raising the death toll to 229.
The number of people being treated in hospital remains unchanged at 42, eight are in intensive care.
Here are some other updates from the region s dashboard:
129 cases have screened positive for variants of concern - 11 are the U.K. strain - lineage to the other 118 has not been determined yet
The active caseload is down to 391
10,237 resolved cases (94 per cent)