COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the local total number of cases up to 5,810, including 169 deaths.The health unit also confirmed 22 new cases that screened positive for a “variant of concern,” although testing is still underway to determine the exact variant strain.
End of stay-at-home order risks greater COVID-19 transmission: Simcoe Muskoka top doc In the region, 86 total cases have screened positive for a “variant of concern,” while 133 people are confirmed to have the COVID-19 B.1.1.7.
variant, which was originally discovered in the U.K. and is believed to be up to 70 per cent more contagious than earlier novel coronavirus strains.On Tuesday, there were 897 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the Simcoe Muskoka, bringing the.