COVID-19 in Muskoka: By the numbers

Last updated November 15, 2021
*Note: data may change as the health unit completes its investigations

Summary of Muskoka cases:

Cases reported in the past week:

November 14, Huntsville – female 0-17, under investigation

November 14, Huntsville – male 18-34, under investigation

November 14, Huntsville – female 35-44, under investigation

November 14, Huntsville – female 45-64, under investigation

November 14, Huntsville – male 45-64, under investigation

November 14, Bracebridge – female 0-17, under investigation

November 14, Bracebridge – female 35-44, under investigation

November 13, Bracebridge – female 18-34, under investigation

November 13, Bracebridge – female 45-64, under investigation

November 13, Bracebridge – female 45-64, under investigation

November 12, Huntsville – male 65-79, close contact

November 12, Gravenhurst – female 65-79, community acquired

November 11, Huntsville – male 0-17, outbreak-related

November 11, Huntsville – male 0-17, close contact

November 10, Huntsville – male 18-34, close contact

November 10, Huntsville – male 35-44, close contact

November 9, Gravenhurst – male 35-44, under investigation

November 9, Huntsville – male 0-17, outbreak-related

November 9, Huntsville – male 80+, close contact

November 9, Georgian Bay – female 45-64, under investigation

Cases to date: 640

Active infections: 23 including two in hospital

Deaths: six (two in Huntsville, one in Lake of Bays, one in Muskoka Lakes, one in Bracebridge, one in Gravenhurst)

Resolved cases: 611

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): 136
Screened positive for a mutation of interest: 27

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Cases to date by municipality:

• Huntsville: 180 (14 active including one in hospital, 164 resolved, two deceased)
• Lake of Bays: 39 (none active, 38 resolved, one deceased)
• Muskoka Lakes: 130 (none active, 129 resolved, one deceased)
• Bracebridge: 135 (six active, 128 resolved, one deceased)
• Gravenhurst: 117 (two active including one in hospital, 115 resolved, one deceased)
• Georgian Bay: 38 (one active, 37 resolved)

Immunizations

Muskoka residents age 12 and older*

• First dose: 51,203 (85.1 per cent)
• Second dose: 49,291 (82.0 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 age 12 and older

• First dose: 464,039 (76.8 per cent)
• Second dose: 446,064 (73.8 per cent)
• Third dose: 12,758 (2.1 per cent)

Cases by immunization status

**The health unit does not provide data for separate regions, but for Simcoe Muskoka as a whole:

COVID-19 case rate per 100,000 population (age 12+):

• Fully vaccinated: 88.1
• Partially vaccinated: 227.2
• Unvaccinated or vaccinated with one dose less than 14 days: 700.3

Number of COVID-19 cases (age 12+):

• Fully vaccinated: 374
• Partially vaccinated: 67
• Unvaccinated or vaccinated with one dose less than 14 days: 540

COVID-19 hospitalization rate per 100,000 population (age 12+):

• Fully vaccinated: 4.0
• Partially vaccinated: NR
• Unvaccinated or vaccinated with one dose less than 14 days: 45.4

Number of COVID-19 hospitalizations (age 12+):

• Fully vaccinated: 17
• Partially vaccinated: <5
• Unvaccinated or vaccinated with one dose less than 14 days: 35

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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