The number of people cleared of coronavirus in Waterloo Region continues to sit well behind the provincial average but the area’s top doctor does not see it as a cause for concern.
Waterloo Public Health announced that 18 more people were cleared of the virus on Wednesday, pushing the total number to 395.
This means 45 per cent of the 871 cases in Waterloo Region have been cleared. Meanwhile, 13,222 people in the province have recovered from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, which is 70.6 per cent of 18,722 cases.
If you were to remove the Waterloo numbers from Ontario’s, that would push the percentage even higher. Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, Waterloo’s Acting Medical Officer of Health, says there are several factors that have contributed to