COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the local total number of cases up to 13,096, including 256 deaths.Local public health also reported 55 new cases of a COVID-19 variant on Thursday, bringing that total to 5,639, including 204 cases that are active.
35 more COVID-19 cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka Fifteen of the new cases are in Barrie, while six are in Bradford, three are in New Tecumseth, two are in Essa, two are in Huntsville, two are in Muskoka Lakes, two are in Oro-Medonte and two are in Wasaga Beach.The rest of the new cases are in Innisfil and Tay Township.Sixteen of the new cases are a result of close contact with another positive COVID-19 case, while five are community-acquired and one is outbreak-related.