COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the local total number of cases up to 13,063, including 256 deaths.Local public health also reported 11 new cases of a COVID-19 variant on Wednesday, bringing that total to 5,587, including 167 cases that are active.
Pop-up COVID vaccine clinics to be held between Sept. 7 to 12 in Simcoe Muskoka Eight of the new cases are in Barrie, while seven are in Essa, six are in New Tecumseth and three are in Midland.The rest of the new cases are in Bradford, Clearview, Huntsville, Innisfil, Oro-Medonte, Tay Township and Wasaga Beach.Six of the new cases are a result of close contact with another positive COVID-19 case, while six are community-acquired, one is outbreak-related and another is travel-related.