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COVID-19 in Huntsville: the latest updates (archive)

By Doppler Online On May 20, 2021 COVID-19, Feature, News

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COVID-19 cases in Simcoe Muskoka:

Last updated May 20, 2021, 1:00 p.m.

Note: numbers are based on Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reporting and due to differences in reporting times may conflict with other sources. There may also be a lag in reports from the health unit due to a high volume of contact tracing.

Total laboratory-confirmed cases to date: 11,554 (11,123 cases in Simcoe County and 428 in Muskoka)

Resolved: 10,109

Active, unhospitalized: 1,13

Active, currently hospitalized: 30

Deaths to date: 242

Summary of Muskoka cases:

Total cases to date: 428

Active infections: 48, including two in hospital

Muskoka cases with confirmed or suspected variants of concern: As of May 20, 2021: 148 B.1.1.7 (UK), one P.1 (Brazilian) variant, one B.1.351 (South African), and 28 screened positive for a variant of concern

Resolved: 373

Deaths: five (two in Huntsville, one in Muskoka Lakes, one in Bracebridge, one in Gravenhurst)

Huntsville: 121 (110 resolved, two deceased) (See below the graph for a list of all Huntsville/Lake of Bays cases to date.)

Lake of Bays: 20 (17 resolved) (See below the graph for a list of all Huntsville/Lake of Bays cases to date.)

Muskoka Lakes: 102 (87 resolved, one deceased)

Bracebridge: 86 (68 resolved, one deceased)

Gravenhurst: 72, including one in hospital (65 resolved, one deceased)

Georgian Bay: 27, including one in hospital (26 resolved)

See a summary by municipality for all of Simcoe Muskoka on the SMDHU COVID-19 Case Explorer website.


Huntsville and Lake of Bays COVID cases: by the numbers

Total cases: 141 (121 in Huntsville, 20 in Lake of Bays)

Total deaths: two (a man aged 35-44 and a man aged 45-64)

By age:
0-17 – 18
18-34 – 39
35-44 – 20
45-64 – 37
65-79 – 18
80+ – nine

By gender:
Female – 72
Male – 69

By source of infection:
Close contact – 70
Community acquired – 36
Outbreak related – 22
Travel related – 6
Under investigation – 0
Undetermined – 7

(Scroll down to see a list of all Huntsville Lake of Bays cases to date.)


Information on vaccinations

Get information on Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout here.

Where to get tested

If you have symptoms of COVID-19, are concerned about possible exposure and need to be tested, or qualify for a test under Ministry of Health guidelines, you will need to go to an assessment centre. Visit ontario.ca/covidtest for locations.

If you do not have symptoms of COVID-19 and require a test for other reasons, there is currently one pharmacy in Huntsville conducting testing: Huntsville Shoppers Drug Mart (51 King William Street). Visit covid-19.shoppersdrugmart.ca/en/testing to check that you are eligible and submit a screening form. Walk-in tests are not available.


COVID-19 resources:

Mental health supports (opens in a new page)

Ontario Ministry of Health – data updated daily

Ontario’s online self-assessment tool.

Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit

Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare

Town of Huntsville

Township of Lake of Bays

Huntsville Lake of Bays Chamber of Commerce information and updates for businesses

Huntsville and Friends Help Out Group on Facebook – if you need support or supplies or have them to offer

Huntsville & Area Strong – Together we Stand Community COVID-19 Help Group on Facebook – if you need support or supplies or have them to offer

Lake of Bays Community Group on Facebook


Huntsville (H) and Lake of Bays (LOB) cases to date (see a breakdown by age below)
(Note: As of January 12, 2021 cases will be reported based on date reported to public health unless otherwise specified. Date publicly reported by the health unit will no longer be used. Cases below that are prior to January 11, 2021 are noted on the date publicly reported by SMDHU.) 
May 9, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old male, close contact
May 9, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old female, community acquired
May 7, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old female, close contact
May 4, 2021 (H) – 65-79 year-old female, close contact
May 1, 2021 (LOB) – 45-64 year-old male, close contact
May 1, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old female, under investigation (removed by health unit)
April 30, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old male, community acquired
April 29, 2021 (H) – 0-17 year-old male, under investigation (removed by health unit)
April 29, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old female, community acquired
April 29, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old male, close contact
April 25, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old male, under investigation (reassigned to Muskoka Lakes by health unit)
April 24, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old female, undetermined
April 24, 2021 (H) – 65-79 year-old male, close contact (reassigned to Muskoka Lakes by health unit)
April 21, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old male, community acquired
April 20, 2021 (H) – 35-44 year-old female, under investigation (removed by health unit)
April 20, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old male, close contact
April 18, 2021 (LOB) – 35-44 year-old male, under investigation (removed by health unit)
April 16, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old male, outbreak related
April 15, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old female, close contact
April 15, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old male, close contact
April 15, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old female, close contact
April 14, 2021 (H) – 35-64 year-old female, close contact
April 14, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old male, close contact
April 13, 2021 (LOB) – 18-34 year-old female, close contact
April 13, 2021 (H) – 0-17 year-old female, close contact
April 13, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old male, community acquired
April 13, 2021 (H) – 35-44 year-old female, close contact
April 13, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old female, close contact
April 11, 2021 (H) – 0-17 year-old male, close contact
April 10, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old male, community acquired
April 10, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old female, close contact
April 10, 2021 (LOB) – 0-17 year-old male, close contact
April 10, 2021 (LOB) – 18-34 year-old female, close contact
April 10, 2021 (LOB) – 35-44 year-old male, community acquired
April 10, 2021 (LOB) – 45-64 year-old female, close contact
April 9, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old female, undetermined
April 9, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old female, close contact
April 9, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old male, undetermined
April 9, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old female, undetermined
April 9, 2021 (LOB) – 0-17 year-old female, community acquired
April 9, 2021 (LOB) – 45-64 year-old male, close contact
April 9, 2021 (LOB) – 45-64 year-old male, undetermined
April 8, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old female, undetermined
April 8, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old male, community acquired
April 6, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old female, community acquired
April 6, 2021 (H) – 0-17 year-old female, community acquired
April 4, 2021 (LOB) – 0-17 year-old male, close contact
April 3, 2021 (LOB) – 45-64 year-old female, undetermined
April 1, 2021 (LOB) – 18-34 year-old female, close contact
April 1, 2021 (LOB) – 45-64 year-old male, close contact
March 21, 2021 (H) – 0-17 year-old male, close contact
March 18, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old female, close contact
March 18, 2021 (H) – 65-79 year-old male, close contact
March 16, 2021 (H) – 0-17 year-old male, close contact
February 24, 2021 (LOB) – 18-34 year-old male, community acquired (*note: this case was added to the Lake of Bays case count on March 15)
March 10, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old female, close contact
March 10, 2021 (H) – 35-44 year-old male, close contact
March 9, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old male, close contact
March 9, 2021 (H) – 35-44 year-old female, close contact
March 8, 2021 (H) – 35-44 year-old male, outbreak related
March 7, 2021 (H) – 35-44 year-old male, outbreak related
March 7, 2021 (H) –  45-64 year-old male, close contact
March 7, 2021 (H) – 65-79 year-old female, community-acquired
March 7, 2021 (H) – 65-79 year-old male, community-acquired
March 6, 2021 (H) – 35-44 year-old female, close contact
March 5, 2021 (H) – 0-17 year-old female, close contact
March 5, 2021 (H) – 0-17 year-old female, close contact
March 5, 2021 (H) – 0-17 year-old female, close contact
March 5, 2021 (H) – 0-17 year-old female, close contact
March 5, 2021 (H) –  18-34 year-old male, close contact
March 4, 2021 (H) –  35-44 year-old female, close contact
March 4, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old female, close contact – this case was removed from Huntsville’s count by the health unit
March 1, 2021 (H) – 65-79 year-old female, community acquired
February 28, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old male, close contact
February 26, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old male, community acquired
February 22, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old female, close contact
February 20, 2021 (H) – 35-44 year-old female, undetermined
February 20, 2021 (H) – 65-79 year-old female, community acquired
February 20, 2021 (H) – 65-79 year-old female, close contact
February 20, 2021 (H) – 65-79 year-old male, close contact
February 20, 2021 (H) – 80+ year-old female, close contact
February 19, 2021 (H) – 65-79 year-old female, close contact
February 18, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old female, close contact
February 17, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old female, close contact (UPDATE Feb. 19: relabelled as outbreak-related by the health unit)
February 16, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old male, community acquired
February 11, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old male, outbreak related (UPDATE Feb 18: reassigned to Muskoka Lakes by the health unit)
February 10, 2021 (H) – 35-44 year-old male, outbreak-related
February 5, 2021 (H) – 65-79 year-old male, community acquired
February 4, 2021 (H) – 80+ year-old female, community acquired
January 20, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old female, outbreak-related
January 16, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old female, community acquired
January 13, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old male, close contact
January 11, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old male, outbreak-related
January 8, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old female, close contact
January 8, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old male, congregate care setting
January 8, 2021 (H) – 0-17 year-old male, close contact
January 7, 2021 (H) – 45-64 year-old male, congregate care setting
January 5, 2021 (LOB) – 65-79 year-old male, close contact
January 5, 2021 (H) – 65-79 year-old female, congregate care setting
January 4, 2021 (H) – 35-44 year-old female, close contact
January 4, 2021 (H) – 0-17 year-old male, close contact
January 4, 2021 (H) – 18-34 year-old male, congregate care setting
January 4, 2021 (LOB) – 45-64 year-old female, community acquired
December 31, 2020 (H) – 0-17 year-old male, educational setting outbreak
December 30, 2020 (H) – 0-17 year-old female, close contact
December 29, 2020 (H) – 45-64 year-old female, institutional outbreak (Roger’s Cove)
December 24, 2020 (H) – 35-44 year-old male, educational setting outbreak
December 22, 2020 (H) – 45-64 year-old female, close contact
December 18, 2020 (H) – 65-79 year-old female, community acquired *UPDATE Dec 24: This case has been reassigned to another health unit
December 18, 2020 (H) – 45-64 year-old male, close contact *UPDATE Dec 24: This case has been reassigned to another health unit
December 17, 2020 (H) – 35-44 year-old female, community acquired
December 15, 2020 (H) – 45-64 year-old male, close contact
December 15, 2020 (H) – 45-64 year-old male, community acquired
December 14, 2020 (H) – 80+ year-old male, close contact
December 14, 2020 (H) – 80+ year-old female, close contact
December 8, 2020 (H) – 35-44 year-old female, close contact
December 8, 2020 (H) – 35-44 year-old male, close contact
December 8, 2020 (H) – 65-79 year-old female, close contact
December 7, 2020 (H) – 80-plus year-old male, close contact
November 30, 2020 (H) – 45-64 year-old female, travel-related
November 23, 2020 (LOB) – 65-79 year-old female, under investigation *UPDATE Nov. 24, 2020: The SMDHU removed this case from its list as it’s been re-assigned to another jurisdiction.
November 20, 2020 (LOB) – 18-34 year-old male, educational setting outbreak (Note: the school has not been identified, but as of 11:45 p.m. on Nov. 20 the Ministry of Health had not included any Muskoka-area schools in its list of schools with COVID-19 cases)
November 17, 2020 (H) – 45-64 year-old male, under investigation *UPDATE Nov. 18, 2020: The SMDHU removed this case from its list as it’s been re-assigned to another public health unit.
November 16, 2020 (H) – 18-34 year-old female, close contact
November 12, 2020 (H) – 80-plus year-old female, community acquired
November 5, 2020 (H) – 80-plus year-old female, travel
November 5, 2020 (H) – 45-64 year-old male, community acquired
October 19, 2020  (H) – 18-34 year-old female, community acquired
October 19, 2020 (H) – 18-34 year-old male, community acquired
October 19, 2020 (H) – 18-34 year-old male, community acquired
October 7, 2020 (H) – 45-64 year-old female, community acquired
September 23, 2020 (H) – 18-34 year-old female, community acquired
September 23, 2020 (H) – 0-17 year-old female, close contact
September 23, 2020 (H) – 35-44 year-old female, close contact
September 23, 2020 (H) – 18-34 year-old female, close contact
September 22, 2020 (H) – 18-34 year-old male, close contact
September 18, 2020 (H) – 35-44 year-old male, close contact
September 14, 2020 (H) – 80+ year-old male, close contact
September 10, 2020 (H) – 45-64 year-old male, close contact
September 10, 2020 (H) – 35-44 year-old female, close contact
September 8, 2020 (H) – 0-17 year-old female, workplace outbreak
August 31, 2020 (LOB) – 18-34 year-old female, community acquired
July 13, 2020 (H) – 35-44 year-old male, community acquired
June 19, 2020 (LOB) – 65-79 year-old male, community acquired
June 16, 2020 (H) – 45-64 year-old male, community acquired
May 5, 2020 (H) – 80+ year-old female, institutional outbreak
April 27, 2020 (H) – 45-64 year-old female, travel-related
April 20, 2020 (H) – 65-79 year-old male, institutional outbreak
April 9, 2020 (LOB) – 65-79 year-old male, community acquired
April 1, 2020 (H) – 45-64 year-old female, close contact of a known case
March 27, 2020 (H) – 65-79 year-old male, travel-related
March 27, 2020 (H) – 65-79 year-old female, travel-related
March 24, 2020 (H) – 18-34 year-old male, travel-related

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Reader Interactions

5 Comments

  1. Jacquie Howell says

    March 16, 2021 at 6:34 pm

    Could we have some statically information based on population. I believe Huntsville has a population of approximately of 20,000. With 11 cases in one day. I suspect that is extremely high compared to say Barrie with 50 case and and a population of. ?????????? Percentage of population is far more accurate

  2. Dawn Huddlestone, Managing Editor says

    March 17, 2021 at 8:10 am

    Hi Jacquie,
    The standard measurement used by public health is cases per 100,000 population per week. Because Huntsville’s population is less than 100,000, the actual number of cases is multiplied to determine the rate. For the week beginning March 7, the rate in Huntsville was 42 cases per 100,000; for Barrie it was 86 per 100,000.

  3. Bonnie Borden says

    April 10, 2021 at 8:31 am

    Would you please tell us how many of the cases are the new variants?
    Bonnie Borden

  4. Kim Bendall says

    May 9, 2021 at 12:15 am

    Please be aware that while Astra Zeneca may well be an effective vaccine, it is not available north of Vaughn Mills. Government websites, public health, regional government offices and the relentless bombardment of media messaging insist that the vaccine is available at pharmacies and doctors offices but that is false.
    The reality is that a small amount was delivered early April to Muskoka and people were provided with one dose. They were not allowed to book dose 2 unlike Pfizer shots through public health. If those individuals need to get the second dose sooner due to high risk medical diagnosis, there is absolutely no vaccine available and no portal to talk to a professional to book the second dose (try it).
    For anyone who received Dose 1 of Astra Zeneca in Muskoka, be aware that trying to schedule your second dose will be extremely difficult. The administrative work of scheduling appointments without delivery dates falls on the independent pharmacies who have been given absolutely no idea as to when the second dump of AZ will actually happen (if in fact it does arrive).
    This is a frightening situation. I have made dozens of phone calls in attempts to book dose 2 of Astra Zeneca. No one could advise me. I was referred to 16 different places. Each call required sitting through extensive phone messages about covid symptoms, mask wearing and importance of getting the vaccine! But not a single health service person could actually help me book the second dose of Astra Zeneca.
    Please- get your vaccine. But insist on Pfizer through public health and insist on getting the appointment for dose 2 before you go for dose 1.
    Please- avoid Astra Zeneca through the provincial download to pharmacies. It’s a disaster.
    And lastly, after the first dose of any covid vaccine still be careful. Four months between doses is an example of rationed health care due to incompetence at high levels of government and not on good medical evidence.

  5. Brenda Begg says

    May 9, 2021 at 3:02 pm

    You are spot on. If only I had listened to my gut and cancelled my appointment at pharmacy for AstraZeneca. The next day, my age group became eligible for Pfizer. Now, what do we AstraZeneca 1st dosers do? Very frustrating and upsetting.

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