13 MUSKOKA CASES OVER WEEKEND, WITH 72 UNVACCINATED

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com

SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As local COVID cases topped 13,000 and schools re-opened, the long weekend had Simcoe-Muskoka reporting 102 cases.

The three-day total includes 13 from Muskoka among 33 to start the week off since Sunday.

Among all those who tested positive over the weekend were 72 people who were unvaccinated and 15 each who were partially or fully vaccinated.

They bring the number of people unvaccinated who tested positive to 9,375, those partially vaccinated to 410, and those fully vaccinated 145.

In addition 177 residents are counted as active COVID cases.

And 14 of them are in hospital.

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit also reports 207 cases last week, up to Thursday.

That’s up 60 cases from the week before, which was already 41 per cent higher than the 147 cases the week before that.

Tuesday’s Muskoka cases were:

  1. Huntsville man, 18-34, travel, reported Sept. 6, first episode Sept. 5
  2. Huntsville man, 18-34, under investigation, reported Sept. 5, first episode
  3. Bracebridge man, 18-34, outbreak, reported Sept. 4, first episode Sept. 3
  4. Lake of Bays man, 18-34, under investigation, reported Sept. 4, first episode Sept. 3
  5. Lake of Bays man, 18-34, under investigation, reported Sept. 4, first episode Sept. 3
  6. Muskoka Lakes woman, 65-74, under investigation, reported Sept. 4, first episode Sept. 3
  7. Bracebridge man, 18-34, under investigation, reported Sept. 3, first episode Sept. 2
  8. Bracebridge man, 35-44, under investigation, reported Sept. 3, first episode Sept. 2
  9. Gravenhurst woman, 45-64, under investigation, reported Sept. 3, first episode Sept. 2
  10. Huntsville woman, 18-34, under investigation, reported Sept. 3, first episode Sept. 2
  11. Huntsville woman, 18-34, under investigation, reported Sept. 3, first episode Sept. 2
  12. Huntsville man, 18-34, under investigation, reported Sept. 3, first episode Sept. 2
  13. Bracebridge woman, 45-64, community acquired, reported Sept. 2, first episode Sept. 1

As Quebec forces public and private health care workers to get vaccinated or be suspended without pay, Ontario says it will design its own program in-house rather than going outside to a third party.

On Sept. 22 vaccine passports will be mandatory for non-essential services in Ontario, said the province last week. They are expected to have a QR code phone system in place a month later.

B.C. unveiled its vaccination certification plans this afternoon.

And Alberta doctors claim a $100 provincial incentive to get the vaccine did little to reverse rising numbers.

TUESDAY: COVID BY THE NUMBERS … 18 CASES IN SIMCOE-MUSKOKA (21 YESTERDAY) … ONTARIO 564 AND 3 DEATHS (811-3) … TORONTO 118 (114), YORK 64 (61), PEEL 52 (87) … NORTH BAY-PARRY SOUND 2 (5) … PORCUPINE 0 (1) …

HEALTH UNIT HIGHLIGHTS:

  • 13,034 cases to date
  • 33 cases this week since Sunday 207 last week, which was 41% higher than the 147 cases the week before.
  • From December 22nd, 2020 onwards, there have been 145 confirmed COVID-19 cases among vaccinated individuals.
  • 0 deaths in September, 1 in August, 4 in July, 6 in June
  • 4,008 Alpha variants of concern, 168 Gamma, 34 Beta, 708 Delta
  • 661 cases await confirmation of VOC
  • 846,812 vaccines have been administered
  • 438,205 residents have received one vaccine, which represents 72.5% of the population
  • 82.5% of the those 12+ have had one vaccine
  • 79% of youth 12 to 17 have also had their first shot

The health unit reports 82.5 per cent of residents 12+ are vaccinated.

IN OTHER COVID NEWS …

  • India is dealing with a new virus for which there is no vaccine. Nipah was first identified in the late ’90s in Malaysia. It is spread by fruit bats, pigs and human contact. It causes raging fevers, convulsions and vomiting and the only treatment is care to control complications and keep patients comfortable. It has an estimated fatality rate of 40 to 75 per cent, according to the WHO, which makes it far more deadly than the coronavirus.
  • Canada is now open to foreign nationals who are fully vaccinated.
  • In Britain a pandemic tax is coming. With cases remaining high Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid out plans to help revamp the National Health Service (NHS) and social costs resulting from the coronavirus.

 

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