2 GRAVENHURST CASES AMONG 42 TUESDAY, SAYS HEALTH UNIT
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com
SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Gravenhurst had Muskoka’s only 2 COVID cases today.
They were among 42 reported by the health unit this afternoon, which also 10 active cases remain at Muskoka Shores LTC in Gravenhurst: 5 residents and 5 staff as of an outbreak declared April 23.
The latest cases were:
- Gravenhurst man, 45-64, community acquired, reported May 17, first episode May 15
- Gravenhurst woman, 18-34, outbreak related, reported May 14, first episode May 13
One other Gravenhurst person was removed from the health unit list to another health unit or was considered a duplicate case.
Elsewhere in Ontario, the province reported 1,616 cases and 17 deaths.
Public Health Ontario said Simcoe-Muskoka had 38 cases.
Toronto 472, York 116 and Peel 360.
Meanwhile, more than 183,000 people at 18+ logged on in the first two hours after 8 a.m. today to book vaccine appointments.
HEALTH UNIT HIGHLIGHTS:
- 11,446 cases to date.
- 70 new cases this week, 338 last week, which was a 24% drop from 444 the week beginning May 2
- 19 deaths in May, 25 in April, 12 in March. There have been 14 COVID-19 deaths so far in May among Simcoe Muskoka residents.
- 3,388 cases have been UK variants, 87 from Brazil), 19 from South Africa, 1 from India
- 711 cases are awaiting second testing for the type of variant
- 272,138+ vaccines have been administered in Simcoe Muskoka
- 253,000+ people living in Simcoe Muskoka have received their first vaccine, 42% of the population

IN OTHER COVID NEWS …
- Businesses are chomping at the bit for a federal re-opening plan, with 61 industry leaders writing to the prime minister calling for a timetable.
- Federal Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced $200 million today for a vaccine plant in Mississauga to expand an existing site owned by Resilience Biotechnologies Inc. to provide “made-in-Canada solutions such as vaccines and treatments for future pandemics.”
- India’s plight continues to worsen with 25 million deaths, including 4,329 today. Cases, though, were down to 263,000.

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