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Waterloo Region grapples with Delta variant, leads province for new COVID-19 infections - The Globe and Mail

Waterloo Region grapples with Delta variant, leads province for new COVID-19 infections - The Globe and Mail

Waterloo Region grapples with Delta variant, leads province for new COVID-19 infections - The Globe and Mail
Jun 16, 2021 1 min, 9 secs

A region in southwestern Ontario reported the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the province on Wednesday, with local health officials saying an extremely transmissible variant of the virus was likely behind a recent surge in infections.

The region, which includes the cities of Waterloo, Kitchener and Cambridge, reported 494 active cases as of Wednesday afternoon.

The region’s public health unit said the highly contagious Delta variant is behind the pattern.

As of Wednesday, there were 32 confirmed cases of the variant in Waterloo Region – the third-highest count in the province, after Peel and Toronto.

An outbreak among homeless people in a congregate setting amounted to 87 cases as of Tuesday, Waterloo said.

Ontario’s science advisers have said the Delta variant is about 50 per cent more transmissible than the Alpha variant, which drove the punishing third wave of infections this spring.

The province designated Waterloo Region as a Delta hot spot last week, prioritizing people there for accelerated second vaccine doses.

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