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Health unit confirms a dozen new cases in Simcoe County over the weekend

There have been no new cases reported in Collingwood residents
2018-07-27 Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit RB
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit office on Sperling Drive in Barrie. Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday

There are no new cases of COVID-19 reported today in Collingwood, Clearview, or Wasaga Beach.

But there are 12 new cases reported in Simcoe County since the health unit’s last report on Friday, May 22. 

Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting four new cases of community transmission, and four new cases of close contact. The remaining four cases are undetermined or under investigation. 

There are two new cases in Barrie including a boy under 10 (close contact) and a man in his 30s (community-acquired). 

There are also four new cases in Innisfil including a man in his 50s (under investigation), a man in his 40s (community-acquired), a woman in her 40s (community-acquired), and a woman in her 50s (close contact). 

Four more cases have also been confirmed in Bradford residents including a man in his 20s (close contact), a woman in her 30s (under investigation), a man in his 40s (community-acquired), and a man in his 20s (under investigation). 

The final two cases reported by the health unit today include a man in his 60s from New Tecumseth (close contact), and a woman in her 20s whose case is listed as undetermined. Typically, uses “undetermined” for the source of transmission when the person who is positive works at a long-term care facility in outbreak. 

As of May 25, the health unit has confirmed 454 cases of COVID-19 in Simcoe Muskoka. The health unit reports 340 of those people have now recovered (75 per cent). There are no longer any active cases in the Muskoka part of the region.

Thirty-six people in the Simcoe-Muskoka region have died with COVID-19, including 23 long-term care residents living at Owen Hill Care Community and Bradford Valley Care Community. 

There are now eight Simcoe County residents hospitalized with COVID-19. 

The case breakdown by municipality, according to the health unit, is as follows: 

Barrie (147 cases, 108 recoveries, 14 deaths, 1 in hospital), Bradford West Gwillimbury (98 cases, 74 recoveries, 12 deaths, 2 in hospital), New Tecumseth (46 cases, 30 recoveries, 2 in hospital, one death), Orillia (17 cases, 13 recoveries, 2 deaths, one in hospital), Collingwood (15 cases, 11 recoveries), Wasaga Beach (13 cases, 10 recoveries, one death), Clearview (7 cases, 6 recoveries, one death), Innisfil (34 cases, 27 recoveries, one in hospital), Springwater (8 cases, 7 recoveries, 1 death), Midland (6 cases, all recovered), Oro-Medonte (5 cases, 2 recoveries, 2 deaths, one in hospital), Adjala-Tosorontio (7 cases, all recovered), Essa (11 cases, 7 recoveries, 1 death), Ramara (7 cases, 4 recoveries), Tiny (3 cases, 2 recoveries), Tay (5 cases, 3 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Penetanguishene (3 cases, 2 recoveries), and Severn (3 cases, all recovered) for a total of 435 cases in Simcoe County, including 322 recoveries, eight hospitalizations, and 35 deaths.

There are also 19 confirmed positive cases in Muskoka, and 18 have recovered, one person from Muskoka Lakes has died.

The case rate (including lab-confirmed cases only) for the Simcoe-Muskoka region is 75.1 cases per 100,000 population. The provincial average is 174.3 cases per 100,000 population.


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