The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed another 18 COVID-19 cases in the region, including one more long-term care resident.

A Wasaga Beach woman in her 30s has tested positive for the virus, the source of the transmission is listed as undetermined and she is self-isolating.

Two people in their 20s from Barrie (one female and one male) have also been confirmed as COVID-19 positive. The woman’s case is listed as community acquired, and the man’s is listed as a close-contact transmission. Both are self-isolating.

Bradford West Gwillimbury cases continue to climb with four more reported since Friday, including a 30-year-old woman who has been hospitalized and a woman in her 20s who is self-isolating. Both are cases of community transmission. There was also a case reported in a Bradford woman in her 40s who is now recovered. Hers was another case of community transmission.

Another Bradford Valley long-term care home resident, a man in his 70s, has also tested positive for COVID-19. He is in isolation at Bradford Valley.

The lone new travel-related case is a Midland man in his 70s who is self-isolating. There was also an Innisfil woman in her 20s listed among the new cases. The health unit has ruled hers was a case of community transmission.

One case from Oro-Medonte in a woman in her 60s remains under investigation. She is self-isolating.

The other cases reported today came from New Tecumseth, Adjala-Tosorontio Township, Huntsville and one is listed with location information pending.

There are have been 202 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Simcoe County region, and 100 of those people have recovered, 12 have died, including two men in their 70s in Barrie.

There are also 16 confirmed positive cases in Muskoka.

In Simcoe Muskoka the infection rate per 100,000 people is 31.7, the provincial average is 75.2 per 100,000 people.