Note: As of March 14, 2022, the health unit will provide updated data only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Due to the increase in cases being reported to public health, data entry is lagged and data presented are interim and subject to change.
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Last updated April 13, 2022 (The health unit will not be providing an update on Good Friday, April 15, or Easter Monday, April 18.)
Weekly case counts for Simcoe Muskoka (April 3-9)
New cases: 1,339
(Active cases as of April 13: 1,816)
New hospitalizations: 14
(Active hospitalizations as of April 12: 29, including three in ICU)
New deaths: five (448 to date)
A summary of hospitalizations and deaths for the two weeks ending April 12
Hospitalizations:
- Total: 22 as of April 12, including three in ICU (all in Simcoe County)
- Gender: 11 male, 11 female
- Age range: 40s-90s
- Origin: 20 are sporadic cases, two are associated with outbreaks
- Vaccination status: 14 per cent unvaccinated, 41 per cent have two doses, 45 per cent have three doses
Deaths:
- Total: nine (one in Muskoka, eight in Simcoe County)
- Gender: five male, four female
- Age range: 50s-90s
- Vaccination status: two unvaccinated, three with two doses, four with three doses
- Weekly average: five per week since February 27
Percent positivity rate (for the week ending Apr. 3)
The percentage of completed COVID-19 tests that are positive for the COVID-19 virus during the specified period.
Muskoka: 13.0 per cent
Simcoe County: 20.5 per cent
Ontario: 19.4 per cent
Hospitalizations and deaths by immunization status for Simcoe Muskoka
For this period, the rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations among the unvaccinated population aged 12 and older is three times higher, the rate of ICU admissions is five times higher, and the rate of deaths is three times higher compared with those with two or more doses of vaccine.
*The information below include data from December 12, 2021 onward. Average weekly rates are shown.
Number of COVID-19 hospitalizations (age 12+) as of April 13*:
- Fully vaccinated: 244
- Partially vaccinated: 11
- Unvaccinated or vaccinated with one dose less than 14 days: 109
COVID-19 hospitalization rate per 100,000 population (all ages) as of April 13*:
- Fully vaccinated: 3.01
- Partially vaccinated: 5.06
- Unvaccinated or vaccinated with one dose less than 14 days: 10.0
Number of COVID-19 ICU admissions (age 12+) as of April 13*:
- Fully vaccinated: 36
- Partially vaccinated: <5
- Unvaccinated or vaccinated with one dose less than 14 days: 26
COVID-19 ICU admission rate per 100,000 population (age 12+) as of April 13*:
- Fully vaccinated: 0.44
- Partially vaccinated: NR
- Unvaccinated or vaccinated with one dose less than 14 days: 2.40
Number of COVID-19 deaths (age 12+) as of April 13:*
- Fully vaccinated: 109
- Partially vaccinated: <5
- Unvaccinated or vaccinated with one dose less than 14 days: 51
COVID-19 death rate per 100,000 population (age 12+) as of April 13*:
- Fully vaccinated: 1.35
- Partially vaccinated: NR
- Unvaccinated or vaccinated with one dose less than 14 days: 5.0
Immunizations
Note: On Friday, April 8, SMDHU adjusted this data to include vaccinated residents who were assigned to the incorrect public health unit in the province’s COVax database.
Muskoka residents age 12 and older*
- First dose: 53,150 (86.6 per cent)
- Second dose: 52,005 (84.8 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 33 per cent have received a second dose.
Simcoe Muskoka residents age 5 and older
- First dose: 502,910 (85.8 per cent)
- Second dose: 485,267 (82.8 per cent)
- Third dose: 291,315 (49.7 per cent)
- Fourth dose: 11,125
Active long-term care/hospital outbreaks in Muskoka:
Huntsville Hospital East Wing, declared March 29, 2022
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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