Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

69 people were hospitalized since yesterday's report and 18 people have died

'Our occupancy is getting dangerously high, but nothing like it was pre-COVID, when we were sometimes at 125% occupancy,' says Janice Skot, adding occupancy at RVH has been at 93% this week

The last five days have been the five highest daily case counts reported in the province to date

The Simcoe-Muskoka region has been under the yellow zone restrictions since Saturday

Simcoe County MPPs say Ontario’s budget levels the playing field by reducing unfair property tax rates

There are seven Simcoe County residents currently hospitalized with the coronavirus

Eight new infection prevention and control staff, at a cost of about $700,000, would be hired for County of Simcoe’s four long-term care homes

There are more than 10,000 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID in the province

The health unit reported 51 new cases in Simcoe County since Friday

This is the fourth consecutive day the province has reported more than 1,000 new cases