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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. ....
17 Barrie residents among 44 new COVID cases in region today Overall, 92 local cases have tested positive for the UK variant and an additional 77 have screened positive and await confirmatory testing Feb 5, 2021 2:36 PM By: Erika Engel The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit offices are located on Sperling Drive in north-end Barrie. Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported 44 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths in the region in its update today. The deaths reported today include two Bradford West Gwillimbury women who were over 80 and one Innisfil woman between 65 and 79 years old. Both Bradford resident cases were linked to the outbreak at Bradford Valley Care Community. One of the women died on Jan. 26 and one died on Feb. 1. ....
68 Barrie residents among 129 new COVID cases in region since Friday Positive cases also include 10 Bradford West Gwillimbury residents, 10 Innisfil residents, four Orillia residents, and one Collingwood resident Feb 1, 2021 3:07 PM By: Erika Engel The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit offices are located on Sperling Drive in north-end Barrie. Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported 129 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths in the region since Friday. All 11 deaths were Barrie residents and include seven women over 80 from Roberta Place, two men over 80 and one man between 65 and 79 years old from Roberta Place, and a woman between 65 and 79 years old whose case was not linked to Roberta Place. ....
Ontario now has 34 cases of the UK coronavirus variant 5:44 pm Provincial public health officials have now confirmed there are 34 cases of the UK coronavirus variant in Ontario. In addition to evidence indicating the virus is more transmissible, officials say there is more recent evidence to suggest that “it might cause more severe disease in some individuals.” The province had confirmed 15 cases of the UK variant, known as B117, as of last Thursday. Over the weekend, officials in Simcoe Muskoka found six cases in the Roberta Place long-term care home, and another one at at Bradford Valley Care Community. All positive samples from January 20 are now being tested to give public health officials a snapshot of how prevalent the UK variant is in Ontario. ....