Effective January 12, 2021, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) is no longer providing details on COVID-19 cases by municipality due to the province’s decision to limit testing to only high-risk individuals. This incomplete data would not provide an accurate snapshot of transmission in the community. See below for other regional statistics.
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Last updated February 1, 2022
Percent positivity (for the week ending Jan. 23):
Percent positivity represents the percentage of completed COVID-19 tests that are positive for the COVID-19 virus, over a defined period of time. A low percent positivity rate indicates the outbreak is under control, given more testing is finding a smaller proportion of positives.
Muskoka: 12.3 per cent
Simcoe County: 13.4 per cent
Ontario: 17.5 per cent
Immunizations
Muskoka residents age 12 and older*
- First dose: 52,133 (86.7 per cent)
- Second dose: 50,653 (84.2 per cent)
*SMDHU does not currently include 5 to 11 year-olds in its overall counts for the region. To date, 48 per cent of this age group in Muskoka have received a first dose, and 19 per cent have received a second dose.
Simcoe Muskoka residents age 5 and older
- First dose: 494,152 (85.9 per cent)
- Second dose: 467,037 (81.2 per cent)
- Third dose: 262,429 (45.6 per cent)
Active institutional outbreaks in Muskoka:
Muskoka Traditions, declared Jan. 31, 2022
South Muskoka Memorial Hospital, declared Jan. 26, 2022
Fairvern, Huntsville, declared Jan. 7, 2022
Muskoka Landing, Huntsville, declared Jan. 2, 2022
The Pines, Bracebridge, declared Dec. 31. 2022
Muskoka Shores, Gravenhurst, declared Dec. 30, 2022
Active hospitalizations in Simcoe Muskoka (as of Feb.1):
- 55, including four in ICU
Hospitalizations and deaths by immunization status for Simcoe Muskoka
*Includes data from the July 18, 2021 onward. Average weekly rates are shown.
For this period, the rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations among the unvaccinated population aged 12 and older is six times higher, the rate of ICU admissions is 13 times higher, and the rate of deaths is four times higher
Number of COVID-19 hospitalizations (age 12+) as of Jan. 31*:
- Fully vaccinated: 148
- Partially vaccinated: 16
- Unvaccinated or vaccinated with one dose less than 14 days: 177
COVID-19 hospitalization rate per 100,000 population (all ages) as of Jan. 31*:
- Fully vaccinated: 1.29
- Partially vaccinated: 1.41
- Unvaccinated or vaccinated with one dose less than 14 days: 7.67
Number of COVID-19 ICU admissions (age 12+) as of Jan. 31*:
- Fully vaccinated: 17
- Partially vaccinated: <5
- Unvaccinated or vaccinated with one dose less than 14 days: 45
COVID-19 ICU admission rate per 100,000 population (age 12+) as of Jan. 31*:
- Fully vaccinated: 0.15
- Partially vaccinated: NR
- Unvaccinated or vaccinated with one dose less than 14 days: 1.95
Number of COVID-19 deaths (age 12+) as of Jan. 31:*
- Fully vaccinated: 48
- Partially vaccinated: <5
- Unvaccinated or vaccinated with one dose less than 14 days: 38
COVID-19 death rate per 100,000 population (age 12+) as of Jan. 31*:
- Fully vaccinated: 0.42
- Partially vaccinated: NR
- Unvaccinated or vaccinated with one dose less than 14 days: 1.65
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: 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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