The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported 32 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths in today's update.
There are currently 468 active, lab-confirmed cases in the region, most of which are in Simcoe County.
According to the health unit, 191 local cases have tested positive for the B.1.1.7 variant that originated in the UK, which is up by one cases since last report.
There are also 352 cases that have screened positive as variants (awaiting confirmatory testing to determine which variant), which is up by 44 cases since yesterday.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 6,525 cases of COVID-19 with 5,816 of those cases recovered and 189 cases ending in death.
There are 18 people from Simcoe County hospitalized with COVID-19. This includes one new hospitalization since yesterday.
The health unit has administered 43,439 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):
- Tay (1): A woman between 18 and 34 years old.
- Collingwood (1): A woman between 65 and 79 years old whose case is under investigation.
- Barrie (25): A youth under 18, six women and 13 men between 18 and 34 years old, two women and two men between 45 and 64 years old, and a woman between 65 and 79 years old. Ten cases are linked to close contact, four cases are outbreak-related, and two are attributed to community transmission.
- Bradford West Gwillimbury (1): A man between 45 and 64 years old.
- Essa (1): A woman between 45 and 64 years old whose case is linked to close contact.
- New Tecumseth (1): A woman between 65 and 79 years old whose case is attributed to community transmission.
- There is one new case in Huntsville and one in Bracebridge.
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.
Municipality | Total cases** | Recoveries | Deaths | In Hospital | Last case reported | Weekly incidence rate*** | Cumulative incidence rate* |
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Barrie | 2,254 | 1,946 | 98 | 6 | Mar. 1 | 70 | 1,510 |
Bradford W-G | 1,007 | 917 | 28 | 8 | Feb. 27 | 72 | 2,344 |
New Tecumseth | 806 | 747 | 15 | 3 | Feb. 28 | 39 | 1,945 |
Innisfil | 558 | 515 | 5 | 1 | Feb. 28 | 54 | 1,370 |
Orillia | 160 | 133 | 7 | Feb. 28 | 24 | 478 | |
Collingwood | 143 | 130 | 2 | Mar. 1 | 596 | ||
Wasaga Beach | 138 | 123 | 3 | Feb. 26 | 600 | ||
Clearview | 75 | 66 | 3 | Feb. 28 | 507 | ||
Springwater | 174 | 162 | 1 | Feb. 25 | 828 | ||
Midland | 128 | 116 | 6 | Feb. 17 | 714 | ||
Oro-Medonte | 129 | 116 | 4 | Feb. 28 | 39 | 554 | |
Adj-Tosorontio | 105 | 101 | Feb. 26 | 901 | |||
Essa | 267 | 257 | 2 | Mar. 1 | 1,116 | ||
Ramara | 52 | 50 | Feb. 22 | 501 | |||
Tiny | 59 | 51 | 1 | Feb. 23 | 61 | 451 | |
Tay | 80 | 73 | 2 | Mar. 1 | 723 | ||
Penetanguishene | 124 | 78 | 7 | Feb. 28 | 196 | 1,279 | |
Severn | 41 | 39 | 2 | Feb. 7 | 274 |
*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. 21. Where municipalities have had low or no weekly increase, no rate is included