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Three new cases of COVID-19 in Collingwood

There are also three new cases reported in Wasaga Beach
2018-07-27 Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit RB
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit office on Sperling Drive in Barrie. Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 16 new cases of COVID-19 in the region today, including three in Collingwood and three in Wasaga Beach. 

There are also four new cases in Barrie that are outbreak-related. 

Another death is also being reported out of Barrie, which is the fourth Barrie death related to the virus reported in the last two days. 

The three new Collingwood cases include a woman in her 20s (community-acquired), a man in his 70s and a woman in her 80s, the latter cases list the transmission source as under investigation. 

The three cases in Wasaga Beach include three women, one in her 30s, one in her 40s, and one in her 60s. The woman in her 40s is a community-acquired case.

There is also a new Clearview case, a woman in her 30s, that is community-acquired.

The four outbreak-related cases in Barrie are all women, two in their 90s, one in her 70s, and one in her 80s. There are two other cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Barrie residents including a woman in her 40s (close contact) and a woman in her 60s (community-acquired). 

A new Tay case reported under investigation is a man in his 30s. 

The final two cases include a Bradford West Gwillimbury woman in her 40s, and an Innisfil woman in her teens. The Bradford woman is a community-acquired case, and the Innisfil case is under investigation. 

There have now been 344 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the Simcoe-Muskoka region, including 175 recoveries and 24 deaths. There are seven people hospitalized. 

The breakdown of cases in each municipality is as follows:

Barrie (114 cases, 54 recoveries, 7 deaths, 1 in hospital), Bradford West Gwillimbury (78 cases, 29 recoveries, 9 deaths, 3 in hospital), New Tecumseth (22 cases, 16 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Orillia (16 cases, 10 recoveries, 2 deaths), Collingwood (11 cases, 7 recoveries), Innisfil (27 cases, 12 recoveries), Springwater (6 cases, 4 recoveries, 1 death), Midland (6 cases, 5 recoveries), Wasaga Beach (11 cases, 5 recoveries, 1 death), Oro-Medonte (5 cases, 2 recoveries, 2 deaths, 1 in hospital), Adjala-Tosorontio (7 cases, 5 recoveries), Clearview (6 cases, 2 recoveries, 1 in hospital), Essa (6 cases, 3 recoveries, 1 death), Ramara (3 cases, 2 recoveries), Tiny (2 cases, all recovered), Tay (2 cases), Penetanguishene (2 cases, all recovered), and Severn (3 cases) for a total of 326 cases in Simcoe County, including 160 recoveries.

There are also 18 confirmed positive cases in Muskoka, and 15 have recovered, one person from Muskoka Lakes has died.


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