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Five Bradford residents among 28 new COVID cases in the region since Friday

There are 215 active cases in Simcoe-Muskoka
2020-07-28 SMDHU offices 3
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit offices are located on Sperling Drive in north-end Barrie. Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported 28 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths today (June 14) in its first update since Friday.

There are 215 active cases in the region. 

Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 12,159 cases of COVID-19 with 11,277 of those cases recovered and 246 cases ending in death.

There are 22 people from Simcoe County and one person from Muskoka District hospitalized with COVID-19.

The health unit has reported a total of 4,798 variant strain cases, with 135 of those still active. 

Today's update also includes the following information on variants of concern: 

  • To date 3,918 local cases have tested positive for the COVID-19 variant of concern B.1.1.7 (alpha), 153 cases have tested positive for the P.1 variant of concern (gamma), 27 cases have tested positive for the B.1.351 variant of concern (beta), 14 cases have tested positive for the B.1.617.2 variant of concern (delta), and an additional 686 cases have screened positive (awaiting confirmatory testing).
    • Note: all B.1.617 cases are currently presumed to be of the B.1.617.2 (delta) lineage as it is the dominant B.1.617 strain in Ontario.

To date, 373,892 Simcoe-Muskoka residents (61.9 per cent of the population) region have received their first dose of vaccination against COVID-19, which is 72.3 per cent of the region's over-18 population.

As of today, 64,376 people (10.6 per cent of the population) have also received a second dose. 

The new cases reported in Simcoe County and Muskoka District today include (case transmission is under investigation unless otherwise specified). 

  • Barrie (11): One youth under 18 years old, eight people between 18 and 34 years old, one person between 35 and 44 years old, and one person between 45 and 64 years old. Seven cases are linked to close contact transmission, and two are outbreak-related. 
  • Innisfil (5): One youth under 18 years old, three people between 18 and 34 years old, and one person between 35 and 44 years old. Three cases are linked to close contact transmission and two were community-acquired.  
  • Bradford West Gwillimbury (5): Two youth under 18 years old, and three people between 18 and 34 years old. Three cases are linked to close contact and one is outbreak-related.  
  • Orillia (2): Two people between 35 and 44 years old. One case is outbreak-related.
  • Ramara (2): Two people between 45 and 64 years old. Both cases are listed as community-acquired.
  • Severn (1): One person between 35 and 44 years old whose case is linked to close contact transmission. 
  • New Tecumseth (2): One person between 35 and 44 years old and one person between 45 and 64 years old. 

The health unit does sometimes remove a case or move them based on further investigation of location data. The chart below reflects updated totals for each municipality as reported by the health unit on June 14). 

Municipality Total cases** Recoveries Deaths In Hospital Last case reported Weekly incidence rate*** Cumulative incidence rate* % of pop. with one dose of vaccine
Barrie 4,063 3,743 118 7 June 13 25 2,648 59.3%
Bradford W-G 2,065 1,923 37 3 June 13 23 4,730 58.8%
New Tecumseth  1,483 1,407 18 3 June 13   3,503 57%
Innisfil 1,200 1,124 16 4 June 13 19 2,911 59.1%
Orillia 304 270 8 1 June 13   899 68.8%
Collingwood 238 219 3   June 10   965 71.5%
Wasaga Beach 257 232 5   June 10   1,084 67.4%
Clearview 132 121 4 1 June 5   878 56.4%
Springwater 279 265 2 1 June 9   1,302 66.3%
Midland 198 182 6   June 4   1,082 67%
Oro-Medonte 210 191 5   June 10 26 907 73.5%
Adj-Tosorontio 206 190 1 2 June 6   1,738 48.9%
Essa 461 439 4 1 June 2   1,912 50.1%
Ramara 100 95     June 10   947 54%
Tiny 131 122 2   May 26   976 61.4%
Tay 116 110 2   June 10   1,034 69%
Penetanguishene 178 158 8   June 9   1,847 70.8%
Severn 80 72 2   June 12   533 50.1%

*Cumulative incidence rate is the number of cases per 100,000 people reported to date

**Total cases include the number of cases currently recovering at home as well as any that have recovered, died, or are in hospital

***Weekly incidence rate is the number of cases per 100,000 people reported for the week of June 6. Where municipalities have had low or no weekly increase, no rate is included


Erika Engel

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