Eleven more people in Waterloo Region have tested positive for the novel coronavirus raising the total number of confirmed cases to 871, Public Health announced Wednesday.
The agency says that four more people have suffered COVID-19 related deaths, raising the death toll to 94. Eighteen more people have been cleared of the virus pushing the total number to 395.
All four of the deaths announced Wednesday involved residents at long-term care or retirements homes raising the total number of deaths in those settings to 77.
Two more residents of Forest Heights Long-Term Care have died as they have now seen 44 residents suffer COVID-19-related deaths.