COVID-19 in Muskoka: By the numbers

ast updated November 3, 2021
*Note: data may change as the health unit completes its investigations

Summary of Muskoka cases:

Cases reported in the past week:

November 1, Lake of Bays – male 80+, community acquired

October 30, Gravenhurst – female 45-64, community acquired

October 26, Gravenhurst – female 18-34, outbreak related

October 26, Muskoka Lakes – female 45-64, close contact

Cases to date: 611

Active infections: five including one in hospital

Deaths: five (two in Huntsville, one in Muskoka Lakes, one in Bracebridge, one in Gravenhurst)

Resolved cases: 601

Muskoka cases to date with confirmed or suspected variants of concern:
Alpha (B.1.1.7): 185
Beta (B.1.351): one
Gamma (P.1): five
Delta (B.1.617): 120
Screened positive for a mutation of interest: 27

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Cases to date by municipality:

• Huntsville: 161 (none active, 159 resolved, two deceased)
• Lake of Bays: 38 (one active and in hospital, 37 resolved)
• Muskoka Lakes: 130 (two active, 127 resolved, one deceased)
• Bracebridge: 129 (one active, 127 resolved, one deceased)
• Gravenhurst: 116 (one active, 114 resolved, one deceased)
• Georgian Bay: 37 (none active, 37 resolved)

Immunizations

Muskoka residents age 12 and older only*

• First dose: 51,209 (85.1 per cent)
• Second dose: 49,106 (81.7 per cent)

*Effective Oct. 29, the health unit changed to a more accurate method of assigning cases to a municipality (which is based on postal code, which in some rural areas span multiple municipalities)

Simcoe Muskoka residents, total population (including ages 12 and under, who are not currently eligible for the vaccine)

• First dose: 461,678 (76.4 per cent)
• Second dose: 441,519 (73.0 per cent)

For more information:

• Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit COVID-19 information and statistics: simcoemuskokahealth.org/Topics/COVID-19
• How to book a COVID-19 vaccine or find a walk-in clinic in Muskoka simcoemuskokahealth.org/Topics/COVID-19/Vaccine-and-Immunization
• Where and when to get tested: covid-19.ontario.ca/covid-19-test-and-testing-location-information

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