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Five new COVID cases in Barrie today

Public and Catholic boards have reported no new school-related cases today
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The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed 19 new COVID-19 cases in Simcoe County today, including two youth under 18.

Five new Barrie cases were announced today: one case in a 45-to-64-year-old male, which was community acquired, also included was a 35-to-44-year-old male, a 35-to-44-year-old female, an 18-to-34-year-old female, and a female under 18.

Six new cases in Bradford West Gwillimbury were reported as part of today’s update, two 18-34 year old males, two 35-44 year old males, a 45-64 year old male and a female under 18.

New Tecumseth has two new cases: a 45-64 year old female and an 18-34 year old female.

Clearview Township had two new cases, an 18-34 year old female and a 45-64 year old male.

Two new cases were reported in Innisfil: an 18-34 year old male, and a 35-44 year old male, source listed as community-acquired.

One case in Springwater was reported in a female between the ages of 18 to 34.

One Muskoka Lakes case was reported in an 18-34 year old female, with the source listed as a close contact.

The sources for 16 of the cases is still under investigation.

One case previously assigned to Barrie was re-assigned to Bradford West-Gwillimbury upon closer examination of the case address data, and one case previously assigned to Adjala-Tosorontio was removed as it was re-assigned to another public health unit.

Five cases previously reported as acquired through travel were re-assigned to close contact upon further examination of the data.

Neither the Simcoe Muskoka District Catholic School Board nor the Simcoe County District School Board has reported any new school-related cases today.

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported a total of 912 cases of COVID-19. There are now 778 cases listed as recovered. There are no hospitalizations reported on the health unit website. Thirty-eight people have died.

Case breakdown by municipality for Simcoe County as of Oct. 1

Municipality Total cases** Recoveries Deaths In Hospital Last case reported Incidence rate*
Barrie 317 271 14   Oct. 1 212
Bradford W-G 168 139 12   Oct. 1 391
New Tecumseth 106 91 2   Oct. 1 256
Innisfil 64 57     Oct. 1 157
Orillia 25 20 2   Sept. 28 75
Collingwood 17 17     Sept. 20 71
Wasaga Beach 23 21 1   Sept. 22 100
Clearview 12 8 1   Oct. 1 81
Springwater 17 15 1   Oct. 1 81
Midland 12 12     July 24 67
Oro-Medonte 12 8 2   Sept. 30 51
Adjala-Tosorontio 10 9     Sept. 30 86
Essa 20 19 1   Sept. 29 84
Ramara 13 13     Sept. 8 125
Tiny 7 7     Aug. 28 not released
Tay 9 9     July 23 81.3
Penetanguishene 10 9 1   Sept. 22 92.9
Severn 8 7     Sept. 29 not released

*Incidence rate is number of cases per 100,000 people in the local population.

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


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