COVID-19

• Local COVID-19 data will now be presented alongside respiratory pathogen surveillance in the Weekly Respiratory Virus Update, available starting Wednesday September 27th.
• All existing COVID-19 HealthSTATS pages are discontinued.
• The COVID-19 Community Risk Level has been relaunched as of Thursday September 21^st. The tool will be updated every Thursday by 2 p.m.

COVID-19 information is available on the following pages:

The Weekly Respiratory Virus Update is produced weekly, from November to April, for the respiratory virus season to date (September 1 to present). The report shares the most recent week's local influenza and COVID-19 activity throughout the respiratory season, providing an overview of circulating respiratory viruses. It is posted each Wednesday for the previous week of local respiratory virus reporting, from Sunday to Saturday (inclusive). 

The purpose of the COVID-19 Community Risk Level is to help you determine the best ways to protect yourself and others from COVID-19 infection and serious illness. The COVID-19 Community Risk Level is based on five indicators (percent positivity of PCR tests, local cases, hospitalizations, institutional outbreaks, and wastewater surveillance) that are monitored weekly. Together, these indicators make up the current overall COVID-19 risk level in our community. Visit page.

An interactive tool presenting priority health status indicators related to the indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and health equity of residents of Simcoe and Muskoka. Visit page.

Links to Related Information and Resources

• SMDHU COVID-19
• Public Health Ontario - COVID-19 Data and Surveillance
• Public Health Ontario - Ontario Respiratory Virus Tool
• The Public Health Agency of Canada COVID-19 page

Page Last Modified: September 26, 2023