{"id":14004,"date":"2020-05-06T16:27:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T20:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=14004"},"modified":"2020-05-18T01:09:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T05:09:25","slug":"why-is-waterloos-covid-19-recovery-rate-lagging-behind-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/why-is-waterloos-covid-19-recovery-rate-lagging-behind-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Waterloo\u2019s COVID-19 recovery rate lagging behind province?"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The number of people cleared of <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/coronavirus\/\">coronavirus<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/waterloo\/\">Waterloo Region<\/a> continues to sit well behind the provincial average but the area\u2019s top doctor does not see it as a cause for concern.<\/p>\n<p>Waterloo Public Health announced that 18 more people were cleared of the virus on Wednesday, pushing the total number to 395. This means 45 per cent of the 871 cases in Waterloo Region have been cleared.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 13,222 people in the province have recovered from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, which is 70.6 per cent of 18,722 cases.<\/p>\n<p>If you were to remove the Waterloo numbers from Ontario\u2019s, that would push the percentage even higher.<\/p>\n<div data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/6911515\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_6911515_5eb47dc655e39\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_6911515_5eb47dc655e39\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"6911515\" data-iframe-receiver=\"\">\n<p><span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/pic2a1of1t-tn7nlbozaz\/MinistersTamReopeningSchoolsThumber.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\"><\/img><span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=40ilx7anb#play_white\"><\/use><\/svg><svg><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=40ilx7anb#play_red\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>2:08<\/time><span>Coronavirus outbreak: Dr. Tam questioned on federal guidelines for reopening schools<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption><span>Coronavirus outbreak: Dr. Tam questioned on federal guidelines for reopening schools<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p>Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, Waterloo\u2019s Acting Medical Officer of Health, says there are several factors that have contributed to the disparity.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSome of the areas in Ontario had their curve start earlier than us,\u201d she explained Monday, pointing to the GTA as one example. Wang said that since they started seeing cases earlier, they would then start to see improvements sooner as well.<\/p>\n<p>Wang says that another factor that has created the disparity is how the infected are resolved.<\/p>\n<p><em>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/pages\/email-alerts\/?email=&#038;category=health\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click for Health IQ newsletter signup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates<\/a> ]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to find out they resolved, we connect with them, we find out how they how they are, things like that,\u201d she explained. \u201cWe don\u2019t always get people calling us back right away when they\u2019re alright.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t check them off as resolved until we\u2019ve confirmed their resolved.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She said it was just a data entry issue and says people are getting better in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just that for tracking purposes our rates are not up there along with the province\u2019s at this point but eventually it\u2019s all going to catch up,\u201d Wang said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not that people are not resolving here, it\u2019s just a data entry-timeline thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/static.globalnews.ca\/content\/interactives\/corona\/count\/v4\/index.html?iframe=global-iframe-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\tView link \u00bb<br \/>\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n<figure>\n<\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00a9 2020 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/6912212\/waterloo-coronavirus-recovery-lag\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of people cleared of coronavirus in Waterloo Region continues to sit well behind the provincial average but the area\u2019s top doctor does not see it as a cause for concern.Waterloo Public Health announced that 18 more people were cleared of the virus on Wednesday, pushing the total number to 395. 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