Waterloo region had the second highest number of new COVID-19 cases Monday with 44, behind Toronto's 47 cases.
Health Minister Christine Elliott tweeted that the province had 270 new cases of the virus, meaning the region makes up 16 per cent of all cases in Ontario.
Elliott also said there were 42 cases in Peel region, 22 in York region, 12 in Ottawa and 12 in Niagara region.
Public health officials have pointed to the highly transmissible delta variant for the reason behind the high cases in Waterloo region. The delta variant is also called B1617 and is the variant first detected in India.
As of Sunday, the region reported 114 confirmed delta cases in the community, although the region's medical officer of health, Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, has said there is believed to be wide circulation of the variant in the community and it takes weeks to confirm through lab testing.
Region of Waterloo Public Health will release its latest numbers at 1:30 p.m. Monday.
The numbers reported by Region of Waterloo Public Health differ from the provincial numbers because they're taken at different times. The province reports numbers from the evening before while the region reports numbers as of 12 a.m. the same day.
Pfizer delayed, expect Moderna
As case numbers spike, the region is anticipating receiving additional help this week from the province, including more doses of COVID-19 vaccine and two mobile vaccination teams who will set up in areas of the community for two weeks.
The region announced over the weekend that people attending vaccination clinics should expect to receive the Moderna vaccine as there's been a delay in the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Wang asked people who have an appointment booked to get a first or second dose of the vaccine in the coming days to "please keep it."
"These mRNA vaccines are from different manufacturers but they are essentially identical twins," Wang said in a release. "We want everyone to be protected from COVID-19 as soon as possible and we need to halt the spread of the delta variant in Waterloo region."
The remaining Pfizer doses will be given to children between the ages of 12 and 17.
44 new cases of COVID-19 in Waterloo region Monday 2nd highest in province - CBC.ca
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