Information regarding COVID-19 in South Grey
Updated Jan 19, 2021
Current Situation in Grey Bruce
Grey Bruce is in Provincial lockdown as of Dec 26, at 12:01am
As reported by Dr Arra, the chief Medical Officer of Health in Grey Bruce
Testing and case counts as of 15:30 hrs.
Grey Bruce is the only health unit with no COVID-19 related deaths to date in Ontario.
1 new case reported in past 24 hours in Grey Bruce
in The Blue Mountains
- 654 confirmed cases to date (current cumulative total)
- 35 active cases
- 0 active probable cases (not lab confirmed but are symptomatic and are high risk contacts of an active case.
- 103 high risk contacts associated with active cases
- 2 cases currently hospitalized
- 0 deaths in Grey Bruce from COVID-19
- 576 recovered cases; 42 cases have been referred to other health units
- 41 cases reported in Health Care Providers working in Grey Bruce
- 200 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered out of 200 doses delivered to Grey Bruce
Active Outbreaks
- 0 Facilities in COVID-19 outbreak reported in Long Term Care/Retirement Homes
- 0 Facilities in COVID-19 outbreak reported in Schools
- 0 Facilities in COVID-19 outbreak reported in Daycare
Location of Confirmed cases in Grey and Bruce by Municipality
Upper Tier |
Municipality |
Lab Confirmed Cases |
Active Cases |
Grey County |
Owen Sound |
108 |
2 |
|
Southgate |
85 |
4 |
|
Grey Highlands |
68 |
0 |
|
Meaford |
28 |
1 |
|
West Grey |
49 |
3
|
|
Blue Mountains |
42 |
3
|
|
Hanover |
30 |
3 |
|
Georgian Bluffs |
6 |
0 |
|
Chatsworth |
7 |
1 |
Bruce County |
Kincardine |
61 |
3 |
|
South Bruce Peninsula |
18 |
0 |
|
Arran Elderslie |
42 |
0 |
|
Saugeen Shores |
20 |
0 |
|
Huron Kinloss |
27 |
3 |
|
Brockton |
28 |
7 |
|
South Bruce |
27 |
5 |
|
Northern Bruce Peninsula |
2 |
0 |
First Nation Communities |
Neyaashiinigmiing |
2 |
0 |
|
Saugeen First Nation |
4 |
0 |
Total |
|
654 |
35 |
Actions Taken:
- MOH Town Hall video Small Business Update
- Facebook Live town hall MOH live for Parents and Guardians
- New resources for parents COVID-19 Screening Checklist
- Public Health has been actively engaged in a number of activities to support school reopening. For example: Weekly status updates and consultation meetings with local School Boards and school officials from all schools in Grey and Bruce; scheduling of several town halls on safe school reopening, one with parents and the other with school staff.
- Continue to monitor high risk international travellers within Grey Bruce, in partnership with local enforcement agencies, Border Services, and the Compliance and Enforcement Centre for Biosecurity of the Public Health Agency of Canada, to ensure quarantine rules are monitored as required.
- Receive and review re-opening plans for locations closed due to COVID-19 including inspections, as required
- GBHU Infectious Disease (ID) Team continue with case and contact management, reporting, and responding to COVID-19 related calls. Contact tracing exceeds provincial targets with 100% of all cases contacted within 24 hours
- GBHU Team continue to ensure essential public health activities not related to COVID-19
Available Documents:
COVID-19 Dashboards
Ontario COVID-19 stats with graphs
Stats with the number of cases from around the world
WorldOMeter Canadian Stats on COVID-19