Waterloo Public Health announced that 17 more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases to 1,130.
This is the highest number of new cases that Public Health has announced since May 18 when 22 new positive tests were announced.
There were new outbreaks announced at a food processing plant where there are 14 cases and a manufacturing industrial plant where there are five cases.
Neither plant was named in the update. The outbreak at peoplecare AR Goudie in Kitchener has been declared over. Nine residents of the long-term care home have suffered COVID-19-related deaths since an outbreak was first declared there on April 10.