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Waterloo Region sees dramatic increase in total number of coronavirus cases

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Waterloo Public Health announced Monday morning that there are 55 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the region, by far the biggest one-day jump the area has seen.

On Sunday, the region had reported 272 positive cases and the added number brings the total to 327. The number seems fairly high because there had only been 42 new cases reported over the previous three days but Dr.

Hsiu-Li Wang, Waterloo Region’s acting medical officer of health, says there are reasons for the jump. “We were able to secure a lot more swabs as well as the fact that the province updated guidance in terms of the priority groups for testing and so we actioned that immediately,” she explained.

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