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  BARRIE, ONT. -- For a second straight week, Simcoe Muskoka reported a slight uptick in COVID-19 case counts. According to the health unit, there were 23 infections logged this week, matching the number of cases last week - a 44 per cent increase over the week of July 11, where there were 16 cases. On Friday, eight new cases were logged in Georgian Bay (3), Clearview (2), Wasaga Beach (1), Barrie (1), and Bradford (1). Dr. Colin Lee said the jump in positive tests was expected with more lenient restrictions in Step 3 of Ontario's reopening plan. "There are just more people getting phy...

The latest infections are listed in Barrie (3), Wasaga Beach (2), and Georgian Bay (1). Five of the cases are currently under investigation as public health tries to track down how each infected resident contracted the virus.  One case in Wasaga Beach was community-acquired. The positivity rate in Simcoe County sits at 0.4 per cent and 0 per cent in Muskoka compared to the provincial positivity rate of 0.9 per cent. COVID-19 testing rates have stabilized to low levels not posted since last summer. Still, experts caution things can change dramatically in the fall as temperatures dip. The...

  BARRIE, ONT. -- The Simcoe Muskoka health unit says six residents tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The new cases are among residents in Barrie (2), Bradford (2), Clearview (1), And Severn (1). Two cases were confirmed to be community-acquired, while the rest are under investigation. The region's top doctor is encouraging eligible residents to get two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. "We still have a substantial proportion of our population that is unvaccinated," Dr. Charles Gardner said during a COVID-19 update on Tuesday. Gardner added that only 54 per cent of people ...

  BARRIE, ONT. -- As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase across Simcoe Muskoka, the health unit plans to close mass immunization clinics. The mass clinics, which have been open since December 2020, are scheduled to close in late August. The health unit said anyone with a vaccine appointment booked after Aug. 27 would be "notified and encouraged to move up their appointments or attend a walk-in clinic." "Although mass immunization clinics will close by the end of August, COVID-19 vaccines will still be widely available to eligible individuals through other avenues, such as community phar...