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21 Barrie residents among 44 new COVID cases reported in the region today

A man who was 80 years old or older from Bradford West Gwillimbury died; His case was linked to an outbreak out of the region
2020-07-28 SMDHU offices 2
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 44 new COVID-19 cases and one new death in today's update. 

A man who was 80 years old or older from Bradford West Gwillimbury died. His case was linked to an outbreak out of the region.

There are 343 active, lab-confirmed cases in the region, most of which are in Simcoe County.

The health unit has reported 735 cases have screened positive and/or been confirmed with sequencing as variant cases, which is up by 30 cases since yesterday's update. Of those, 132 are still active cases. Screening and sequencing tests can take several days, and sometimes results are not returned until after the individual has recovered. 

Sequencing tests have confirmed 236 cases of the B.1.1.7 (variant strain that originated in the UK) in Simcoe Muskoka. There have also been seven cases of the P.1 variant that first originated in Brazil in the region and one case of the B.1.351 strain that originated in South Africa.

Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 6,842 cases of COVID-19 with 6,233 of those cases recovered and 191 cases ending in death. 

There are 20 people from Simcoe County hospitalized with COVID-19, which includes two new hospitalizations since yesterday. 

The health unit has administered 52,620 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 in Simcoe Muskoka.  

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

  • Wasaga Beach (1): A man between 35 and 44 years old.  
  • Barrie (21): Two youth under 18 years old, three women and six men between 18 and 34 years old, three women and a man between 35 and 44 years old, a woman and a man between 45 and 64 years old, and a man and a woman between 65 and 79 years old. Nine cases are linked to close contact and five attributed to community transmission. Two cases, both men between 18 and 34 years old, included in today's list of cases were first reported today but their cases were confirmed on Dec. 30 and Feb. 26.
  • Springwater (2): A youth under 18 and a woman between 18 and 34 years old.
  • Bradford West Gwillimbury (8): Two youth under 18, a man between 18 and 34 years old, two women and a man between 35 and 44 years old, and a woman between 65 and 79 years old. One case is linked to close contact and one is outbreak-related.
  • Innisfil (3): A man and a woman between 18 and 34 years old and a woman over 80 years old. Two cases are community-acquired and one is outbreak-related.
  • Penetanguishene (3): Two men between 18 and 34 years old and a man between 35 and 44 years old. All three cases are outbreak-related. 
  • Midland (1): A woman between 18 and 34 years old whose case is linked to close contact. 
  • Ramara (1): A man between 45 and 64 years old.
  • New Tecumseth (1): A man between 35 and 44 years old.
  • There are three new cases in Muskoka, all in Huntsville.

For a list of ongoing outbreaks at institutions, long-term care and retirement homes and hospitals in the region, click here.

For more on the local trajectory of COVID-19 from the health unit, click here.

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 March 11. 

Municipality Total cases** Recoveries Deaths In Hospital Last case reported Weekly incidence rate*** Cumulative incidence rate*
Barrie 2,393 2,125 99 6 Mar. 10 64 1,603
Bradford W-G 1,048 966 29 7 Mar. 9 42 2,420
New Tecumseth  826 788 15 2 Mar. 10 41 1,993
Innisfil 580 542 5 1 Mar. 10 22 1,424
Orillia 167 150 7   Mar. 7 18 499
Collingwood 144 139 2   Mar. 9   600
Wasaga Beach 143 131 3   Mar. 9   622
Clearview 76 71 3   Mar. 4   514
Springwater 182 170 1   Mar. 10 29 866
Midland 133 120 6 1 Mar. 9   736
Oro-Medonte 131 123 4   Mar. 6   562
Adj-Tosorontio 107 105     Mar. 7   918
Essa 281 267 2   Mar. 9 46 1,175
Ramara 54 50   1 Mar. 10   520
Tiny 60 58 1   Mar. 3 61 458
Tay 88 81 2   Mar. 7 63 795
Penetanguishene 136 84 7 1 Mar. 10 72 1,370
Severn 43 40 2 1 Mar. 3 40 287

*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 Feb. 28. Where municipalities have had low or no weekly increase, no rate is included


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