COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the local total number of cases up to 13,299, including 257 deaths.Local public health also reported 26 new cases of a COVID-19 variant on Friday, bringing that total to 5,825, including 181 cases that are active.
Child under age of 10 dies of COVID-19 in Waterloo Region, Ont. Seven of the new cases are in New Tecumseth, while four are in Barrie, two are in Bradford, two are in Clearview, two are in Essa, two are in Midland, and two are in Severn.The rest are in Gravenhurst, Huntsville, Oro-Medonte and Wasaga Beach.Ten of the new cases are a result of close contact with another positive COVID-19 case, while four are community-acquired and one is outbreak-related.