COLLINGWOOD, ONT. COVID-19 didn t take a holiday in Simcoe Muskoka, with several outbreaks in several institutional settings across the region. In Midland, Georgian Bay General Hospital (GBGH) has 10 infected patients amid the outbreak that has been ongoing since Dec. 4. It s been confined to inpatient units, and now the only inpatient units [that] remain in outbreak are 2 North and 1 North, said Gail Hunt GBGH, president and CEO. While the hospital works to bring the virus under control, people lined up outside the COVID-19 Immunization Clinic in Barrie, where vaccinations continued throughout the holidays. A spokesperson for the health unit reports that locally 575 people had been vaccinated.
BARRIE, ONT. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reports an alarming 269 new positive COVID-19 cases, 76 of those in Barrie. The numbers listed Tuesday reflect positive tests since Friday. The region s death toll is on the rise as the health unit reports two more people have lost their lives with COVID-19. There are currently 895 active cases, including 28 who are hospitalized. The SMDHU s website states the increase in case levels are twice the province s red level and that our ability to control case growth is still precarious. Modelling indicates area hospitals could become overwhelmed as cases surge. Under all scenarios, ICU occupancy will be above 300 beds within 10 days. Worst-case scenarios show occupancy above 1,500 beds by mid-January, SMDHU states.
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Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Bracebridge Transit and Mobility are continuing to grow – and Bracebridge’s Deputy Mayor Rick Maloney wants that to continue heading into 2021.
“One of the things I’ve always professed when it comes to transit is you need to crawl before you walk and walk before you run,” he tells the MyMuskokaNow.com newsroom.
Since starting the program in 2016, Maloney says they have seen growth every year leading up to January 2020. “By the end of last year we were up to 2,400 riders per month,” he says. “Of course COVID has had some impacts on ridership.”