Five new COVID cases reported in Simcoe-Muskoka Wednesday - BradfordToday

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported five new COVID-19 cases and zero deaths in today's update (July 14). 

Current case incidence rates are the lowest they've been since July and August of 2020. 

There are approximately 41 active cases in the region, which is the lowest the region has seen since this time last year.

Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 12,325 cases of COVID-19 with 11,605 of those cases recovered and 254 cases ending in death.

There are four people from Simcoe County hospitalized with COVID-19 related illness. There have been no new hospitalizations reported since Friday.

About 33 per cent of the region's total population is still unvaccinated, which includes children under 12 who are ineligible for a vaccine at this time. Forty-two per cent of the total population is fully vaccinated (50 per cent of the adult population) and 25 per cent has one dose. 

Anyone aged 12 years or older living in Simcoe-Muskoka region can book their first or second dose of vaccine online via Ontario vaccine booking system. More appointments are added regularly for clinics throughout the region.

The new cases reported in Simcoe County and Muskoka District today include (case transmission is under investigation unless otherwise specified). 

• Barrie (2): One person between 18 and 34 years old, and one person between 35 and 44 years old. One case is linked to close contact transmission. 
• Innisfil (1): One person between 45 and 64 years old whose case is linked to close contact transmission.
• Bradford (1): One person between 18 and 34 years old. 
• Orillia (1): One person between 18 and 34 years old whose case is listed as community-acquired (no known link).

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 July 14). 

It should be noted total cases minus recoveries, deaths, and hospitalizations does not equal active cases. Some confirmed cases were lost to follow-up and therefore are not listed as recovered.

Municipality	Total cases**	Recoveries	Deaths	In Hospital	Last case reported	Cumulative incidence rate*	% of adult pop. with one dose of vaccine	% of adult pop. with two doses of vaccine
Adj-Tosorontio	209	197	2		July 4	1,763	61.8%	38.1%
Barrie	4,111	3,840	120	1	July 13	2,680	76.5%	48.8%
Bradford W-G	2,077	1,967	38		July 13	4,758	74.7%	51.3%
Clearview	133	124	5		June 29	891	71.1%	43.9%
Collingwood	238	224	3		June 10	965	86.4%	62.9%
Essa	463	442	4		July 8	1,921	78.2%	45.7%
Innisfil	1,219	1,159	18	2	July 13	2,957	70.1%	43.4%
Midland	200	185	6		July 12	1,082	80.8%	53.3%
New Tecumseth	1,486	1,419	18		June 24	3,510	73.1%	45.6%
Orillia	308	283	8		July 13	911	83.4%	55.3%
Oro-Medonte	215	204	5		June 14	922	88.9%	62%
Penetanguishene	201	184	8		June 30	2,086	84.5%	61.4%
Ramara	108	105	1		June 27	1,033	65.7%	42.6%
Severn	82	78	2	1	June 21	547	60.3%	40.3%
Springwater	281	271	2		June 23	1,311	83.6%	58.1%
Tay	117	112	2		June 10	1,043	83.9%	51.1%
Tiny	131	122	2		May 26	976	71.5%	50.7%
Wasaga Beach	261	243	5		June 29	1,101	79.5%	53.1%

*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

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