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Two new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Innisfil

Two Barrie residents died this weekend as a result of COVID-19
2018-07-27 Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit RB
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit office on Sperling Drive in Barrie. Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday

Two Barrie residents died from COVID-19 on the weekend, according to the latest report by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit.

The two deaths reported today are the 11th and 12th victims of the coronavirus from Barrie.

Another Barrie resident has also been hospitalized since Friday, according to the health unit’s update.

There is has also been a new case of the virus reported in a Collingwood resident, a woman in her 60s, who is believed to have acquired the virus through community transmission.

The health unit confirmed 28 new cases of COVID-19 in the region, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the area to 432.

In addition to the new Collingwood case, there were eight new cases reported in Barrie: a man in his 30s whose case is related to travel, a girl between the ages of 10 and 19 (close contact), a man in his 50s (close contact), a man in his 40s (close contact), a man in his 60s and a woman in her 40s (both community-acquired), a man in his 40s (under investigation) and a woman in her 20s who is an employee at a long-term care facility where an outbreak has been declared.

Orillia has one new case, a woman in her 50s, who acquired the virus through community transmission.

Innisfil has two new cases, a man in his 50s (community-acquired) and a girl between the ages of 10 and 19 (close contact).

Bradford West Gwillimbury has one new case, a man in his 30s, whose transmission source was listed as close contact.

Essa has one new case, a man in his 60s who acquired the virus through community transmission.

And Tay has two new cases, a woman in her 70s and a man in his 70s. Her case is listed as community-acquired and his is listed as close contact.

There were 11 cases reported in residents of New Tecumseth (five were close contact and six were community-acquired) and one man in his 30s whose location information was listed as pending.

There have also been 303 recoveries reported, and of those, 40 have been recorded since the health unit’s last report on Friday. Of the total cases reported recovered, there have been 29 residents of long-term care homes, retirement homes, and one group home who have recovered.

There are eight people hospitalized.

Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed a total of 432 cases in residents of the region since the pandemic began. Of those, 303 have recovered and 34 people have died.

The breakdown of cases in each municipality, according to the health unit is as follows:

Barrie (145 cases, 90 recoveries, 12 deaths, 2 in hospital), Bradford West Gwillimbury (89 cases, 65 recoveries, 12 deaths, 1 in hospital), New Tecumseth (44 cases, 26 recoveries, 2 in hospital, one death), Orillia (16 cases, 13 recoveries, 2 deaths), Collingwood (16 cases, 11 recoveries), Wasaga Beach (11 cases, 10 recoveries, 1 death), Clearview (7 cases, 6 recoveries, one death), Innisfil (30 cases, 26 recoveries), Springwater (8 cases, 5 recoveries, 1 death), Midland (6 cases, all recovered), Oro-Medonte (5 cases, 2 recoveries, 2 deaths, 1 in hospital), Adjala-Tosorontio (7 cases, all recovered), Essa (9 cases, 7 recoveries, 1 death), Ramara (5 cases, 3 recoveries), Tiny (3 cases, 2 recoveries), Tay (5 cases, 3 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Penetanguishene (3 cases, 2 recoveries), and Severn (3 cases, all recovered) for a total of 412 cases in Simcoe County, including 286 recoveries and eight hospitalizations.

There are also 19 confirmed positive cases in Muskoka, and 17 have recovered, one person from Muskoka Lakes has died.

The case rate (including lab-confirmed cases only) for Simcoe-Muskoka region is 71.9 cases per 100,000 population. The provincial average is 157.3 cases per 100,000 population.


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