The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit confirmed 14 new COVID-19 cases and one additional coronavirus-related death on Thursday, bringing the local total number of cases to 401, including 32 deaths.
The local health unit also reported a COVID-19 outbreak at the Collingwood Nursing Home — now the sixth care facility in the region with at least one active coronavirus case.
Simcoe Muskoka’s new cases are in Barrie, Bracebridge, Collingwood, Essa Township, Innisfil, New Tecumseth, Orillia, Springwater and Tiny Township, Ont., in people ranging in age from their teens to their 70s.
Five of the new cases were acquired within the community, while two are a result of close contact with another positive COVID-19 case.