The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) is reporting 12 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in the area today, of which ten are in Muskoka.
Of the ten cases in Muskoka, four are in Huntsville. One Huntsville case involves a female 0 to 17 years of age, while another involves a female 18 to 34 years of age. Two additional people in Huntsville have also tested positive, ages 18 to 34 and 35 to 44. Their genders have not been specified.
Three people from Bracebridge have also tested positive. One is a 45-64 year-old male who contracted the virus through close contact. The other is a male 18 to 34 years of age who is also said to have contracted COVID-19 through close contact. The third case involves a male between the age of 18 to 34. How he contracted the virus is still under investigation.
There were also two cases in Gravenhurst involving a male and female, both 45 to 64 years of age. How they contracted the virus is still under investigation.
A female between the ages of 18 and 34 in Muskoka Lakes has also tested positive. Her case is being attributed to a community outbreak.
In Simcoe County, two cases in Innisfil have also been confirmed involving a female and male between the ages of 18 and 34. How they contracted the virus is still under investigation.
These latest cases bring the total cases to date for Huntsville to 20, and Muskoka to 57.
Further information on these cases will likely be delivered on Tuesday in the weekly update by the medical officer of health for the SMDHU, Dr. Charles Gardner.
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Dr. Gardner is focused on Simcoe County only. I believe he resides there. Muskoka is always an afterthought for him.
He likes to read out stats and regurgitate whatever the Chief Medical Officer says.
I have not seen or heard of a specific plan for Muskoka. It is all the typical “high level “ approach that you will hear in any region of the province.
That is “code” for a bureaucrat who is either ineffective or, frankly, lazy.
Perhaps the Premier could eliminate these positions and reinvest the savings into tangible measures that actually make a difference.
Maybe if the health department was more helpful it could stop the spread?
No names are required, just inform the rest of us where these infections
were discovered and we could make our own decisions about travel and shopping?
Pardon me, I forgot privacy is more important than life/ dying
So 4 cases in Huntsville… is this really enough for Doug ford to be threatening to close down schools and businesses again? I dont think it is, but regardless, im pretty sure this is going to happen again. So unfair to the kids ttying to learn
And the useful point of this communication is exactly what? I know nothing new and specific so all I can do is maintain the cautious use of mask and distance as before.
I guess the point is to scare us into making sure we use the mask and distance but I’m not sure this actually gains anything.
I note a good quantity of cars in front of some restaurants/bars these days. I have not gone into a restaurant or bar since Feb. and do not intend to do so other than to pick up some take out perhaps. Is this a location that is causing spread? I wonder but articles like this do not tell me.
Same for school. I see buses running again with masked drivers but no info regarding any cases or spread from this activity in this article about the cases in the area. Makes one curious but provides not much useful information.