Waterloo region is reporting a single-day record high of 100 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths. Social Sharing COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 158 people in the region since the start of the pandemic CBC News · Posted: Dec 24, 2020 2:09 PM ET | Last Updated: December 24, 2020 People walk during a snowfall in Surrey, British Columbia on Friday, December 18, 2020. Meanwhile, Waterloo region is reporting a record high new case count on Thursday.(Ben Nelms/CBC) On Thursday, Waterloo region reported a single-day record high of 100 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths. As of Christmas Eve, there were a total of 5,387 cases and 158 deaths in the region since the pandemic began.