BARRIE, ONT. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) reports the lowest number of COVID-19 cases in weeks on Tuesday. Dr. Charles Gardner, the region s top doctor, said it s too early to know whether the worst of the third wave of infections is behind us. Testing is slightly down, and the percent positivity rate is slightly up, so we need to be cautious of whether or not it has truly come down, he notes. The health unit logged 66 new infections, plus the death of a Simcoe County woman in her 80s due to the virus. According to the health unit, there have been a total of four COVID-19 death in the past week, three Simcoe County residents and one Muskoka resident.