KITCHENER -- Region of Waterloo Public Health officials reported another 71 COVID-19 cases on Thursday. The region's COVID-19 dashboard shows there were 61 cases in the past 24 hours, with other cases added to previous day's totals. That brings the number of lab-confirmed cases of the disease in the region to 5,899. Active cases dropped by 25 to 518 and 5,211 people have recovered from the disease. The number of deaths in the region remained unchanged at 165. There are currently 33 people hospitalized due to COVID-19, including 12 people in the ICU. There are 36 active outbreaks in the region, including a new one at a food and beverage service with three total cases.