The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 1,709 new COVID-19 cases and one death in its latest update published Dec. 29, which is the first update since Dec. 24.
A man over 79 years old from Midland died on Dec. 23 after contracting COVID-19.
Included in the new cases reported today are 326 unvaccinated, 80 partially vaccinated, and 735 fully vaccinated people.
There are 3,092 active cases in the region.
Twenty-six Simcoe-Muskoka residents currently hospitalized with COVID-19.
Over the last eight weeks, there have been 89 unvaccinated people, nine partially vaccinated, and 32 fully vaccinated people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Simcoe Muskoka. All have been over 12 years old.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 20,152 cases of COVID-19 with 16,773 of those cases recovered and 287 cases ending in death.
A little over 75 per cent of the entire population of Simcoe-Muskoka has been fully vaccinated. Currently, 84 per cent of the population that is five years of age or older has received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine.
Because of the high number of cases being reported to the health unit, transmission source is now being listed as either sporadic or outbreak-related. There are 23 cases linked to outbreaks included in today's report, and the rest are listed as "sporadic" cases.
The new cases reported in Simcoe County today include:
- Collingwood (47)
- Clearview (27)
- Wasaga Beach (24)
- Barrie (598)
- Springwater (94)
- Innisfil (138)
- Bradford (149)
- Orillia (77)
- Oro-Medonte (64)
- Severn (42)
- Ramara (13)
- Midland (26)
- Tiny (47)
- Tay (26)
- Penetanguishene (23)
- Essa (75)
- New Tecumseth (129)
- Adjala-Tosorontio (33)
- Three cases are listed with location information pending.
New cases reported in Muskoka District include:
- Bracebridge (30)
- Gravenhurst (26)
- Georgian Bay Township (2)
- Huntsville (8)
- Muskoka Lakes (7)
- Lake of Bays (1)
Breakdown by municipality
The health unit does sometimes remove a case or move them based on further investigation of location data. The chart below reflects updated totals for each municipality as reported by the health unit on Dec. 29.
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| Municipality | Total cases** | Recoveries | Deaths | In Hospital | Last case reported | Cumulative incidence rate* | Weekly incidence rate*** | % of 12+ pop. with two doses of vaccine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adj-Tosorontio | 318 | 268 | 2 | Dec. 28 | 2,683 | 304 | 76.9% | |
| Barrie | 6,927 | 5,725 | 134 | 11 | Dec. 28 | 4,515 | 372 | 86% |
| Bradford W-G | 2,716 | 2,422 | 41 | Dec. 28 | 6,222 | 314 | 86% | |
| Clearview | 240 | 183 | 5 | Dec. 28 | 1,597 | 220 | 84.7% | |
| Collingwood | 404 | 317 | 4 | Dec. 28 | 1,638 | 182 | 89.9% | |
| Essa | 793 | 662 | 6 | 1 | Dec. 28 | 3,290 | 282 | 75.4% |
| Innisfil | 1,832 | 1,566 | 21 | 1 | Dec. 28 | 4,443 | 352 | 85% |
| Midland | 346 | 282 | 7 | 2 | Dec. 28 | 1,890 | 169 | 87.1% |
| New Tecumseth | 2,022 | 1,775 | 19 | 2 | Dec. 28 | 4,776 | 293 | 80.6% |
| Orillia | 715 | 545 | 10 | 1 | Dec. 28 | 2,115 | 204 | 89.7% |
| Oro-Medonte | 473 | 359 | 6 | 2 | Dec. 28 | 2,028 | 210 | 84.2% |
| Penetanguishene | 307 | 255 | 8 | 1 | Dec. 28 | 3,186 | 239 | 90.4% |
| Ramara | 195 | 167 | 1 | 1 | Dec. 28 | 1,865 | 77 | 86.8% |
| Severn | 224 | 152 | 3 | Dec. 28 | 1,494 | 193 | 85.4% | |
| Springwater | 665 | 475 | 2 | Dec. 28 | 3,102 | 467 | 92% | |
| Tay | 215 | 170 | 3 | Dec. 28 | 1,917 | 134 | 87.7% | |
| Tiny | 260 | 189 | 2 | 2 | Dec. 28 | 1,937 | 238 | 79.9% |
| Wasaga Beach | 481 | 420 | 5 | 1 | Dec. 28 | 1,928 | 152 | 86.8% |
~Fully vaccinated means an individual whose second dose was 14 or more days before the onset of COVID-19 symptoms.
*Cumulative incidence rate is the number of cases per 100,000 people reported to date
**Total cases include the number of cases currently recovering at home as well as any that have recovered, died, or are in hospital
***Weekly COVID-19 incidence rate per 100,000 by municipality for week of Dec. 19. N/A indicates fewer than five cases in a week
