{"id":14336,"date":"2020-05-11T03:26:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T07:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=14336"},"modified":"2020-05-17T23:38:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T03:38:55","slug":"health-unit-confirms-18-new-covid-19-cases-two-in-barrie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/health-unit-confirms-18-new-covid-19-cases-two-in-barrie\/","title":{"rendered":"Health unit confirms 18 new COVID-19 cases, two in Barrie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed another 18\u00a0COVID-19 cases in the region, including one more long-term care resident.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Two people in their 20s from Barrie (one female and one male) have also been confirmed as COVID-19 positive. The woman\u2019s case is listed as community acquired, and the man\u2019s is listed as a close-contact transmission. Both are self-isolating.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

One case from Oro-Medonte in a woman in her 60s remains under investigation. She is self-isolating.<\/p>\n

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

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.<\/p>\n

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Ten people are hospitalized and 24 residents are isolated at Bradford Valley.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nThe case breakdown for towns and cities (including those who have died or recovered) is as follows: Bradford West Gwillimbury (54), Barrie (48), New Tecumseth (20), Orillia (10), Collingwood (8), Innisfil (6), Springwater (5), Midland (5), Wasaga Beach (7), Oro-Medonte (5), Adjala-Tosorontio (6), Clearview (2), Essa (3), Ramara (2), Tiny (2), Penetanguishene (2) for a total of 185 cases in Simcoe County.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

There are also 16 confirmed positive cases in Muskoka.<\/p>\n

In Simcoe Muskoka the infection rate per 100,000 people is 31.7, the provincial average is 75.2 per 100,000 people.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed another 18\u00a0COVID-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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15334,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14336\/revisions\/15334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}