Three Collingwood women among 121 new COVID cases in region since Friday

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported 121 new cases of COVID-19 in the region since Friday.

Included on the Dec. 14 list of new COVID-19 cases are three Collingwood resident, 24 Barrie residents, 18 Bradford residents, 10 Innisfil residents, nine Midland residents, and three Orillia residents. 

The health unit has also reported one new death today: a New Tecumseth man over the age of 80.

The breakdown of cases provided by the health unit is as follows: 

• Collingwood (3): one woman between 65 and 79 years old and one woman over 80 whose cases are community-acquired. One woman over 80 years old whose case is linked to an institutional outbreak.
• Barrie (24): Two girls and a boy under 18, two women and five men between 18 and 34 years old, two women and two men between 35 and 44 years old, and three men and seven women between 45 and 64 years old. One case is linked to a congregate setting outbreak, three are community-acquired, seven are close contact and the rest are under investigation.
• Bradford West Gwillimbury (18): One girl and three boys under 18, three women and two men between 18 and 34 years old, three women and one man between 35 and 44 years old, and five individuals between 45 and 64 years old. Four cases are linked to close contact, two were community-acquired and the rest are under investigation.
• Innisfil (10): One girl under 18, three men between 18 and 34 years old, a man between 35 and 44 years old, one woman and three men between 45 and 64 years old, and a woman between 65 and 79 years old. The transmission source for one case is a congregate setting outbreak outside of the region, two close contact cases, and two are community-acquired. The rest are under investigation. 
• Orillia (3): One man between 35 and 44 years old, one woman between 45 and 64 years old and one woman between 65 and 79 years old. One case is linked to close contact and the other two are under investigation.
• Springwater (10): A girl and boy under 18, three men between 18 and 34 years old, three women and a man between 45 and 64 years old and a man between 65 and 79 years old. Transmission sources include one community-acquired case, five close contact cases, and the rest are under investigation.
• Midland (9): Two women and a man between 18 and 34 years old, one woman and three men between 45 and 64 years old, one man between 65 and 79 years old, and one man over 80 whose case is linked to an institutional outbreak. The other case transmissions are under investigation, except for one, which is listed as community-acquired.
• Penetanguishene (6): Two women between 18 and 34 years old, one man between 35 and 44 years old, one woman between 45 and 64 years old, one man between 65 and 79 years old and one woman over 80. Two cases are linked to institutional outbreaks, one is close contact, and the rest are under investigation.
• Ramara (2): One woman between 45 and 64 years old and one woman between 65 and 79 years old. One case was community-acquired and the other is under investigation. 
• Oro-Medonte (4): Three men between 18 and 34 years old whose cases are linked to a congregate setting outbreak and one woman between 45 and 64 whose case transmission is under investigation.
• Other cases reported today include 21 New Tecumseth residents, three Essa residents, two Gravenhurst residents, two Huntsville residents, one Bracebridge resident, and three Adjala-Tosorontio residents.

The growth rate of infections in the region is 1.8 per cent based on cases confirmed between Dec. 6 to 12. If that growth rate continues, health unit projections indicate the region could see as many as 60 cases per day by the final week of December (about 425 cases in a week). 

The local has now confirmed 2,701 cases of COVID-19 with 2,225 of those cases recovered and 55 cases ending in death. There are more than 400 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region, with the majority of those in Simcoe County.

There are at least 12 people from Simcoe County hospitalized. But the health unit has noted a lag in its reporting of hospitalizations.

There have been 2,590 cases confirmed in just Simcoe County, with 2,124 of those now recovered and 54 deaths.

~ Dec. 14: 4 cases (Barrie, Orillia, Oro-Medonte and Innisfil) were removed as they were re-assigned to different Public Health Units. Two cases previously assigned to Oro-Medonte were re-assigned to Orillia.

*Incidence rate is number of cases per 100,000 people in the local population.

**Total cases includes the number of cases currently recovering at home as well as any that have recovered, died, or are in hospital