The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported eight deaths and ten new hospitalizations related to COVID in the latest update published Feb. 7.
All eight of the deaths reported today were Simcoe County residents, including:
- A man between 45 and 64 years old who died on Feb. 3.
- A woman over 79 years old who died on Jan. 24. Her case was outbreak-related.
- A man between 65 and 79 years old who died on Feb. 4. His case was outbreak-related.
- A man between 35 and 44 years old who died on Feb. 3.
- A woman between 65 and 79 years old who died on Feb. 6. Her case was outbreak-related.
- A woman between 18 and 34 years old who died on Jan. 26.
- A man over 79 years old who died on Feb. 3.
- A man between 65 and 79 years old who died on Feb. 2.
The report is the first from the health unit since Friday.
There are at least 48 people from the region hospitalized because of COVID-19.
While provincial testing guidelines prioritize testing for Indigenous people, hospitalized patients and people living and working in high-risk congregate care settings, the health unit is reporting 324 new cases since Friday.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 32,791 cases of COVID-19 with 30,472 of those cases recovered and 371 cases ending in death.
Since July 18, 2021, hospitalizations of Simcoe-Muskoka residents over 11 years old have included 171 fully vaccinated people, 18 partially vaccinated, and 190 unvaccinated people. Of those, 52 unvaccinated, fewer than five partially vaccinated, and 25 fully vaccinated people have been admitted to intensive care units.
In the last six months, 66 fully vaccinated people (at least two doses) and fewer than five partially vaccinated have died after contracting COVID. Over the same time period, 46 unvaccinated people have died after contracting COVID-19. All of the deaths have been people over 11 years old.
About 87 per cent of the over-11-year-old population has been fully vaccinated with two or more doses and 11 per cent of the same population group is unvaccinated.
There are 50 active outbreaks in Simcoe-Muskoka, down from 73 last Friday, including 25 in institutional settings (hospitals, long-term care, retirement homes), seven in congregate settings (group homes, shelters), and 18 at child care centres.
