Information regarding COVID-19 in South Grey

Updated Jan 19, 2021

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.

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

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

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