COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the local total number of cases up to 9,726, including 218 deaths.Local public health also confirmed 165 new coronavirus variant cases, bringing that total up to 2,635 — 715 of which are active. ‘Assume that they might have COVID’: Peel’s top doctor says after 22% test positivity in Brampton Twenty-nine of the new cases are in Barrie, while 19 are in Bradford, eight are in Orillia and five are in New Tecumseth.The rest of the new cases are in Bracebridge, Collingwood, Essa, Innisfil, Midland, Oro-Medonte, Ramara, Tiny Township and Wasaga Beach.Twenty-two of the new cases are a result of close contact with another positive COVID-19 case, while 11 are community-acquired, two are outbreak-related and one.