50 COVID cases reported in Simcoe-Muskoka since Friday - MidlandToday

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported 50 new COVID-19 cases since its last update on Friday.

Included in the new cases are 37 unvaccinated individuals, five partially vaccinated people, and eight fully vaccinated people.

New cases reported today include: 

• Collingwood (1): One youth under 18 years old whose case transmission is still under investigation. 
• Wasaga Beach (8): Three youth under 18 years old, one person between 18 and 34 years old, one person between 35 and 44 years old, two people between 45 and 64 years old, and one person between 65 and 79 years old. Two cases are linked to close contact transmission and the rest are still under investigation. 
• Clearview (1): One person between 35 and 44 years old whose case transmission source is still under investigation. 
• Springwater (1): One person between 18 and 34 years old whose case transmission source is still under investigation. 
• Barrie (14): Two youth under 18 years old, nine people between 18 and 34 years old, and three people between 45 and 64 years old. Three cases are listed as community-acquired (no known link), two cases are linked to close contact transmission, and the rest are under investigation. 
• Bradford (5): One youth under 18 years old, one person between 18 and 34 years old, two people between 35 and 44 years old, and one person between 45 and 64 years old. One case is linked to close contact transmission, one is listed as community-acquired (no known link) and the rest are still under investigation. 
• 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. The transmission sources for all five cases are still under investigation. 
• Orillia (3): One person between 18 and 35 years old, and two cases between 35 and 44 years old. One case is listed as community-acquired (no known link), one as close contact transmission, and the third is still under investigation.
• Ramara (2): One person between 35 and 44 years old and one person between 45 and 64 years old. Both cases are still under investigation. 
• Oro-Medonte (2): Two people between 45 and 64 years old. One case is listed as community-acquired (no known link) and one is still under investigation.
• Essa (2): One person between 35 and 44 years old and one person between 45 and 64 years old. Both cases are still under investigation. 
• New Tecumseth (4): Two people between 18 and 34 years old, one person between 35 and 44 years old, and one person between 45 and 64 years old. Case transmission for three cases is still under investigation, and the fourth is attributed to close contact. 
• Muskoka District (2): One person from Gravenhurst between 65 and 79 years old and one youth from Bracebridge.

There are currently 198 active cases in Simcoe County and none in Muskoka.

Eight people from Simcoe County are hospitalized with COVID-19, with one new hospitalization reported since Friday.

The health unit has confirmed 5,396 of the region's cases were variant strains. There are 142 lab-confirmed variant cases still active. 

The variant case breakdown includes: 

• 4,008 alpha cases,
• 167 gamma cases, 
• 34 beta cases,
• 525 delta cases,
• and 662 cases have screened positive and are awaiting further testing.

Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 12,809 cases of COVID-19 with 12,355 of those cases recovered and 256 cases ending in death. 

According to the health unit, 74 per cent of the population 12 years and older living in Simcoe-Muskoka have received both doses of vaccine and another seven per cent have had their first vaccine dose.

Approximately 28 per cent of the total population of Simcoe-Muskoka (including children) is unvaccinated and 65 per cent is fully vaccinated. 

For more on the vaccination status of Simcoe-Muskoka cases and hospitalizations, click here.

Anyone born in 2009 or earlier living in Simcoe-Muskoka region can book their first or second dose of vaccine online via Ontario vaccine booking system. More appointments are added regularly for clinics throughout the region.

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 Aug. 30.

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Municipality	Total cases**	Recoveries	Deaths	In Hospital	Last case reported	Cumulative incidence rate*	% of 12+ pop. with two doses of vaccine
Adj-Tosorontio	212	209	2		Aug. 22	1,789	59.1%
Barrie	4,262	4,083	121	2	Aug. 29	2,778	73.2%
Bradford W-G	2,133	2,075	38	2	Aug. 28	4,886	71.2%
Clearview	141	134	5		Aug. 27	938	67.8%
Collingwood	244	238	3		Aug. 28	989	83.8%
Essa	502	485	4		Aug. 28	2,083	74.9%
Innisfil	1,266	1,220	18		Aug. 29	3,071	67.2%
Midland	205	198	6		Aug. 13	1,120	78.3%
New Tecumseth	1,541	1,493	18	3	Aug. 29	3,640	70.5%
Orillia	336	313	8		Aug. 29	994	80.8%
Oro-Medonte	226	218	5		Aug. 27	969	86%
Penetanguishene	203	193	8		Aug. 25	2,106	81.4%
Ramara	113	110	1		Aug. 29	1,081	63.5%
Severn	89	85	3		Aug. 24	593	58.7%
Springwater	295	290	2		Aug. 27	1,376	81.2%
Tay	120	116	2		Aug. 26	1,070	80.3%
Tiny	135	133	2		Aug. 22	1,006	70.1%
Wasaga Beach	283	266	5	1	Aug. 29	1,160	76.8%

*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

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