Information regarding COVID-19 in South Grey
Updated Sept 18, 2020 at 4:58 pm
Current Situation in Grey Bruce
As reported by Dr Arra, the chief Medical Officer of Health in Grey Bruce
Testing and case counts as of 15:30 hrs, Sept 18, 2020:
Grey Bruce is the only health unit with no COVID-19 related deaths to date in Ontario.
2 new cases reported in past 24 hours
(As new case counts continue, data on individual cases may not be reported)
- 132 cases to date (current cumulative total)
- 0 cases currently hospitalized
- 0 deaths in Grey Bruce from COVID-19
- 3 active cases
- 124 recovered cases; 5 cases have been referred to other health units
- 28 cases reported in Health Care Providers working in Grey Bruce
- 0 facility COVID-19 outbreak reported. (Long-Term Care facilities)
- 0 facility COVID-19 outbreaks reported in Schools
- 0 facility COVID-19 outbreaks reported in Daycares.
| Upper Tier |
Municipality |
Cases |
Evidence of Community Spread |
| Grey County |
Owen Sound* |
56 |
yes |
|
West Grey |
8 |
yes |
|
Grey Highlands |
6 |
yes |
|
Southgate |
16 |
yes |
|
Georgian Bluffs |
2 |
yes |
|
Meaford |
6 |
yes |
|
Chatsworth |
1 |
yes |
|
Hanover |
2 |
yes |
|
Blue Mountains |
7 |
yes |
| Bruce County |
Saugeen Shores |
6 |
yes |
|
South Bruce Peninsula |
4 |
yes |
|
Huron Kinloss |
4 |
yes |
|
Kincardine |
6 |
yes |
|
Northern Bruce Peninsula |
0 |
yes |
|
South Bruce |
2 |
yes |
|
Brockton* |
3 |
yes |
|
Arran Elderslie |
3 |
yes |
| Total |
|
132 |
|
|
*Includes cases in Long Term Care Facilities
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|
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Recent Actions Taken:
- 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
