The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) reported one death and one new COVID-19 case for Huntsville today. The death is the first reported for Huntsville since the pandemic began, and the second for Muskoka.
The death is a man aged 35-44 who died in one of Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s hospitals (the health unit does not specify which one).
The latest case is a 45-64 year-old male whose case is under investigation.
Of the 35 confirmed cases in Huntsville to date, six are active and one is under investigation.
There have been a total of 113 cases in Muskoka to date (ten of them currently active) and 2,627 in Simcoe County. (For a full list of Huntsville and Lake of Bays cases to date, and other COVID-19 updates for the area, visit our COVID-19 page.)
Simcoe Muskoka was moved into the red “control” level of the province’s COVID-19 response framework on December 14.
For more COVID-19 information from the health unit, visit simcoemuskokahealth.org.
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I have been following the multi discussions re Muskoka being in the red zone. It is tough on our economy but I am more interested in seeing our people healthy. This virus is not like a cold or flu, yes you may be lucky and only sick for a few days but too many people are in hospital and the unknown facture of long term illness is of concern. Are we going to see teenagers of today with lung/liver disease at 40/50/60 when they should be enjoying life living in our beautiful Muskoka What will be the ramifications for our medical care?
I hope that the leadership of this province will shut down all the province for 28 days and try to bend the curve – very hard decision but people have to stop travelling out of their zones. We know people are coming here from Toronto- York – southern Simcoe – great for the economy but the virus is coming with them. Just look at the Malls in Vaughn – hot spots now
Please wash your hands frequently, wear a mask at all times inside and OUT, if you can not or will not physically distance. Please give retailers the protection to order people out of their store when not wearing a mask (Shoppers Drug in Huntsville served at their post office a women on Monday with no mask, while others lined up according to protocol.)