7 more COVID-19 cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka – Barrie | The Canadian News

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit confirmed seven new COVID-19 cases in the region on Tuesday, bringing the local total number of cases to 13,811, including 262 deaths.

Local public health also reported 11 new variant COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing that total to 6,294, including 93 cases that are active.

Four of the new cases are in Barrie, one in Collingwood, one in Huntsville and one in Innisfil.

Two of the cases are travel-related, while one is related to an outbreak, one is the result of close contact with another positive COVID-19 case, and the rest are under investigation.

Of the new cases, one is fully vaccinated, none are partially vaccinated, and six are not immunized.

Meanwhile, 75.6% of the region’s population has received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 71.6% have received the two necessary doses.

Of the total 13,811 COVID-19 cases in the region, 97 percent, or 13,416, have recovered, while eight people are currently in hospital.

Ontario reported 328 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 595,563 infections, including 9,819 deaths.

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