18 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka, bringing local total to 202

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit confirmed 18 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, bringing the local total to 202, including 12 deaths.

The new cases are in people ranging in age from their 20s to their 80s in New Tecumseth, Wasaga Beach, Bradford, Barrie, Innisfil, Oro-Medonte, Adjala-Tosorontio, Huntsville and Midland, Ont.

Of the new cases, six are community-acquired, while six are a result of close contact.

One of the six close-contact cases is in a man in his 70s at the Bradford Valley Care Community long-term care home, which has been the site of a COVID-19 outbreak that began at the start of April.


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