BARRIE, ONT. The downward trend in COVID-19 infections in Simcoe Muskoka continues on Thursday, with 35 new cases reported. Thus far, the health unit has confirmed 107 cases this week, a significant drop from prior weeks. Tragically, two new deaths were listed, marking 171 people who have died with the virus in Simcoe County and Muskoka. The total number of U.K. B.1.1.7 variant cases remains at 133, with 93 more possible infections awaiting confirmatory testing. That s an additional seven in the past 24 hours. Public health reports nine long-term care and retirement homes with active outbreaks, including Barrie Manor Retirement Residence, declared Wednesday. The outbreak is listed in the Bayshore Transitional Care Unit.
Let These Stories Of Front-Line Workers Getting Vaccinated Give You Hope
“I just wanted to cry, I felt so relieved.”
After almost a year of death and isolation, everyone could use a bit of hope.
Retired Gen. Rick Hillier, who’s in charge of distributing Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccines, said he’s clinging to stories of people receiving their shots.
“This is the only light in the COVID-19 tragedy right now,” he told reporters at Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s press conference Tuesday.
Last week, he said, a woman in her 90s had her entire extended family on Zoom to watch her get her first vaccine dose.
Seniors at Simcoe County-run long-term care homes pushed up their sleeves Saturday to receive their second doses of vaccines to guard against COVID-19.
BARRIE, ONT. The number of confirmed COVID-19 variant cases in Simcoe Muskoka nearly tripled in the past 24 hours, jumping from 19 to 51 on Tuesday. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) reports another 94 patients are waiting on a second test to confirm whether they too are infected with the variant. Health officials grow increasingly concerned, saying the U.K. variant is 50 per cent more contagious and it s able to find little holes in our armour, according to Dr. Colin Lee, SMDHU associate medical officer of health said Friday. Public health says the best protection is to stay home, socially distance and wash your hands often.
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