Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario’s Muskoka District has seen an increase in human traffic from its seasonal residents, leaving some officials concerned that the region’s hospitals won’t be able to support the increased population. “The long-term concern will always be around hospital capacity and health care capacity” Bracebridge Mayor Graydon Smith told Global News Monday.
On Friday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford asked urban residents to avoid heading to their cottages during the COVID-19 outbreak. He said he’s received calls from several cottage country mayors and residents about the issue. “If a whole bunch of people head up there, the retail stores don’t have the vital essentials to keep the people that live up there all year round,”