COVID-19 cases in the region on Tuesday, bringing the local total number of cases up to 13,219, including 256 deaths.Local public health also reported 29 new cases of a COVID-19 variant on Tuesday, bringing that total to 5,770, including 208 cases that are active.
74 more COVID-19 cases confirmed since Friday in Simcoe Muskoka Six of the new cases are in Barrie, while three are in New Tecumseth, two are in Bradford, two are in Essa and two are in Springwater.The rest of the new cases are in Adjala-Tosorontio, Oro-Medonte and Innisfil.Eight of the new cases are a result of close contact with another positive COVID-19 case, while two are community-acquired and one is outbreak-related.