KITCHENER -- There have been over 200 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Waterloo Region over the course of Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day. Public Health did not update its online dashboard from Friday to Saturday, resulting in an accumulation of new numbers. On the Sunday afternoon dashboard update, there was also 228 more cases considered resolved, no new deaths, 18 less active cases, and one less patient being treated in the hospital and ICU. This brings the Waterloo Region COVID-19 totals to 5,595 confirmed cases, 4,824 resolved, 158 deaths, 611 active cases, 37 hospitalized, and 12 in the ICU. The total number of COVID-19 facility outbreaks in Waterloo Region went down from 29 to 28 over the Christmas stretch, but there were still plenty of declarations.