Article content Though doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are being administered to staff at long-term care homes, retirement homes and hospitals in outbreak across the Huron-Perth region, Dr. Miriam Klassen, the local medical officer of health, says the recent jump in active cases is an indicator that weâre not out of the woods just yet. Speaking with media during the Dec. 29 briefing, Dr. Klassen reported 87 active cases of COVID-19 in the region â a slight dip from the 101 active cases reported by the health unit on its website one day earlier. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.