BARRIE, ONT. Simcoe Muskoka added 49 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, for a total of 232 so far this week. The region also had another virus-related death reported by Georgian Bay General Hospital. The Midland facility is battling an outbreak of the virus that has infected 26 staff members and 23 patients. Simcoe Muskoka s health unit lists 614 active cases across the region, including 22 hospitalizations. The health unit says about half of all positive cases in December were close contacts with an infected person, while about 20 per cent were community-acquired with no known source. The region s top doc, Dr. Charles Gardner, has said contact tracing has been challenging as more people venture out of the home.
BARRIE, ONT. The health unit declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the Raglan Village retirement home in Collingwood after one resident tested positive for the virus. The facility s executive director said the resident is asymptomatic and no other residents or staff are infected. Provincial COVID-19 protocols require an outbreak to be declared with a single case of the virus within a long-term care or retirement home. There are currently five other seniors homes across Simcoe County with COVID-19 outbreaks, including Waterford Retirement Community, Mill Creek Care Centre, Coleman Care Centre, all in Barrie, Kingsmere Retirement Living in Alliston, and Bradford Valley Care Community in Bradford West Gwillimbury.
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