{"id":94646,"date":"2021-02-19T14:48:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T19:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=94646"},"modified":"2021-03-19T19:14:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T23:14:35","slug":"new-covid-cases-feb-19-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/new-covid-cases-feb-19-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Health unit reports third COVID case in Huntsville this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) has reported a third COVID-19 case in Huntsville for this week. The case, a woman aged 45-64, is a close contact of a confirmed case.<\/p>\n<p>The health unit also relabelled a close contact case reported yesterday as outbreak-related. The health unit has not confirmed if the case is related to the outbreak at McDonald&#8217;s in Huntsville.<\/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>There have now been six COVID-19 cases reported for Huntsville this month. Two are outbreak-related, one is a close contact of a confirmed case, and three are 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;.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 60 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Huntsville to date, five 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 17 COVID-19 cases in Huntsville since Jan. 1. Just over half (32) 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 204 cases reported in Muskoka to date (16 of them currently active) and 5,895 in Simcoe County (477 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 entered the province&#8217;s Red-Control zone on Tuesday.<\/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>Today, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) has reported a third COVID-19 case in Huntsville for this week. 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