UPDATE COVID19 IN SIMCOE MUSKOKA Charles Gardner MOH

UPDATE: COVID-19 IN SIMCOE MUSKOKA Charles Gardner, MOH January 29, 2021 Staff Virtual Town Hall Meeting

WHAT’S CHANGED SINCE OUR LAST MEETING? December 16 January 28 • World § Cases: 73. 47 million (625, 480 in past day) § Cases: 100. 2 million (531, 139 in past day) § Deaths: 1. 64 million (13, 998 in past day) § Deaths: 2. 16 million (16, 465 in past day)

WHAT’S CHANGED SINCE OUR LAST MEETING? December 16 January 27 • Canada § Cases: 479, 064 (6, 244 in past day) § Cases: 757, 022 (4, 011 in past day) § Deaths: 13, 685 (115 in past day) § Deaths: 19, 403 (165 in past day)

WHAT’S CHANGED SINCE OUR LAST MEETING? December 16 January 27 • Ontario § Cases: 146, 535 (2, 139 in past day) § Cases: 260, 370 (1, 670 in past day) § Deaths: 4, 035 (43 in past day) § Deaths: 5, 958 (49 in past day)

INCREASING MORTALITY IN LONG TERM CARE HOMES

NEW MORE TRANSMISSIBLE VARIANTS

WHAT’S CHANGED SINCE OUR LAST MEETING? December 16 January 28 • Simcoe Muskoka § Cases: 2, 840 (58 in the past day) § Cases: 5, 297 (57 in the past day) § Deaths: 58 § Deaths: 138 § Outbreaks / clusters: 97 (25 LTC, 14 RH, 1 Hospital, 1 Correctional Facility, 14 GH, 4 Community Setting, 18 Education Settings, 20 workplaces) § Outbreaks / clusters: 151 (35 LTC, 22 RH, 4 Hospital, 18 Group homes, 1 Correctional Facility, 1 Community Setting, 20 Education Settings, 5 Child Care, 48 workplaces)

INCREASING INCIDENCE

CHALLENGES AND PROGRESS • Increasing in Simcoe Muskoka § 21% increase with holiday gatherings § Increasing challenge in case and contact follow up • Outbreaks § LTC – increasing with mortality § Three hospital outbreaks to date (two currently) • The UK Variant • COVID vaccination!

MAKING HISTORY: HOW THE PANDEMIC WILL END

2021 BUDGET On January 20 th, the Board of Health approved the SMDHU 2021 Budget which will support the 2021 Annual Service Plan report we provide to the Ministry of Health. • The Ministry of Health provided mitigation funding to SMDHU for 2021 to off-set the change in the funding ratio from 75/25 to 70/30 that was implemented as part of Public Health Modernization. • The Ministry of Health has indicated that COVID-19 Extraordinary funding would be available as reimbursement for COVID expenses in 2021. • The SMDHU Budget includes one-time cost centres for COVID-19 Extraordinary Expenses (case management and contact tracing), the COVID-19 Immunization Program, and the School-Focused Nurses Initiative • The Board approved a 1. 95% increase in the municipal levy within the 2021 budget.

FINAL THOUGHTS • We are under a State of Emergency, and a Stay Home Order • We have very high case counts • Transmission from social gatherings increased during the holidays • We have some very concerning health care institutional outbreaks • The UK variant represents a substantial threat • We are making very good progress with vaccination (though this will take most of the year). We have the budget, skills, determination and partnerships to succeed!