COVID-19 case record on Wednesday after local health officials reported 47 new infections from the day before.It brings the region’s total case tally to 1,927, of which 1,546 people have recovered — 48 more than the day before.
Seventy-six deaths have been reported, most recently on Saturday involving a man in his 60s whose death was linked to a severe outbreak at University Hospital.There are 305 known active cases in the region, a decrease of two from the record number of active cases set a day prior.Wednesday’s case jump surpasses the previous single-day case record of 46 set on Dec.
2. It’s also the sixth time this month that the region has recorded more than 30 new cases in a single day, and the fourth time that more than 40 cases have.