{"id":94553,"date":"2021-02-16T17:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T22:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=94553"},"modified":"2021-03-19T19:15:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T23:15:14","slug":"new-covid-cases-feb-16-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/new-covid-cases-feb-16-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED New COVID case reported in Huntsville today (Feb. 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Update, Feb 18, 2021: This case has been reassigned to Muskoka Lakes by the health unit. The location of the outbreak has not yet been reported.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) reported one new COVID-19 case in Huntsville: a man aged 45-64, whose infection is outbreak-related. Further details on the outbreak are still pending from the health unit. Stay tuned for more.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s the fourth COVID-19 case this month. The first two were community acquired, which by the health unit&#8217;s definition means, &#8220;a sporadic case in an individual where most likely the acquisition of illness is from somewhere within the community but not associated with a community outbreak [and excluding]  transmission due to travel and due to close contact with a known case.&#8221; One is still under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 58 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Huntsville to date, four are active. None are in hospital in Huntsville. Two people have died from the disease in Huntsville, as well as a third person in Muskoka Lakes.<\/p>\n<p>There have been 15 COVID-19 cases in Huntsville since Jan. 1. Just over half (30) have occurred since December 1, 2020. In Lake of Bays, there have been six cases in total, all of which are resolved.<\/p>\n<p>There have been a total of 201 cases reported in Muskoka to date (18 of them currently active) and 5,792 in Simcoe County (690 active). (For a full list of Huntsville and Lake of Bays cases to date, and other COVID-19 updates for the area, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/covid-19-in-huntsville-the-latest-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 page<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Simcoe Muskoka today entered the province&#8217;s Red-Control zone in its COVID-19 response framework.<\/p>\n<p>For more COVID-19 information from the health unit, visit <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simcoemuskokahealth.org\/Topics\/COVID-19\/Stop-the-spread\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">simcoemuskokahealth.org<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox three times per week!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update, Feb 18, 2021: This case has been reassigned to Muskoka Lakes by the health unit. 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