Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reports, as of November 23, about 25 per cent of COVID-19 cases are in children under 12 years old

'Vaccination is in our children’s best interests...As of this morning, we have 15 active outbreaks related to schools, school buses and daycare'

'The approval of the Pfizer vaccine for children aged five to 11 is exciting news for families and represents a bright light at the end of the tunnel'

Thursday, the Health Unit was made aware of a second individual who tested positive for COVID-19 from the same classroom

'I largely attribute the mild symptoms of COVID-19 to vaccinations. I am not certain that if we had a similar outbreak last year that the outcome would have been as favourable.'

'Everyone should be commended for keeping our numbers down — if they start to increase we might have to look at measures to be put in place'

The declaration was made today after the Health Unit was made aware of two people who tested positive for COVID-19

One person remains hospitalized while the overall outbreak total has reached 43: 36 residents, six staff and one visitor

'I will make this very clear. This is something we wanted as a council'

'People are saying this is the wave of the unvaccinated. It very much is. What we're seeing is the more severe illnesses are occurring in the unvaccinated or partially vaccinated.'