World news – California – Health unit announces 17 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, the region may turn yellow

Areas with the fewest cases, positivity rates, and levels of transmission in the community will fall into a green category with the most lenient rules.. The color-coded system then moves upward through yellow, orange and red with increasingly draconian measures, topped by a gray « lockdown » level where the most stringent protocols will be implemented.. Ontario Ministry of Health

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The Gray Bros Health Unit reported 17 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the largest number in a single day since the start of the epidemic..

Nine cases were reported in Kincardine alone with five more cases reported in Southgate and one in Gray Highlands, Arran-Elderslie and West Gray.

The Health Unit also listed 10 possible cases in its daily case report for the first time. Potential cases are people who have been associated with a condition who develop symptoms of COVID-19 but have not yet received test results.

In addition, the health unit has reported 196 high-risk contacts linked to 42 now active cases of Gray-Bruce.

Dr.. Ian Ara, Gray Bruce’s medical officer, said four families were involved in 17 cases reported on Wednesday, with individuals spread across the community.. Also, there are some cases that may have been infected with the virus through an outbreak of the disease in other health units and then published in Gray Bros.. .

“It is directly related to the deep anxiety that I have now expressed in various places over the past few days,” Ara said.. “Not a surprise, however, and I hope it is a wake-up call for some people.

Ara said that the increasing number of high-risk contacts with each confirmed case tells him that these high case numbers will be here to stay, at least in the short term.

« These cases did not catch the virus today, but they contracted it in the past two weeks, and in the past two weeks they did not change their behavior and the virus was spreading, so we expect these numbers to rise and above, » said Ara..

He said it is now « more than likely » that Gray-Bruce will move from a green « prevention » stage to a yellow county « protection » rating as part of the new COVID-19 restriction framework.

“I thought, 17 cases ago, we’d be going yellow very soon,” Ara said. « Our goal was to remain in the Green Zone, and I think our goal in the coming weeks will be to return to the Green Zone. ».

According to the county framework, areas categorized as « protection » have a weekly incidence of 10 to 25 per 100,000 people and a positive test rate of 0. 5 and 1. 2 percent.

An active local case has been hospitalized. No deaths have been linked to the COVID-19 virus in the region.

So far, 244 people living on Gray-Bruce have contracted the virus, including 35 health care workers.. Of these, 188 people have recovered and 14 have been referred to other health units.

A health medical official dismissed social media commentators who jumped to conclusions after news that the Cedarville Breezes Parochial School in Cosmos will be closed for 14 days due to a case linked to COVID-19.

Ara said the small, one-class private Mennonite school east of Mount Forest has about 20 students..

Ara wanted the audience to know that despite some social media commentators saying otherwise, the school leadership responded proactively and « with the book » when facing the infection.

Ara said that by the time the Gray Bros Health Unit called the school, the leadership had made the decision to close it. Moreover, the community leaders were ready with the names of those involved and decided to close the worship services for two weeks.

“Lots of people jumped in to blame the Mennonite community and said, ‘Oh, they’re not careful,’” said Ara. “We had a lot of collaborations with them and it was amazing.

In a press release, Lecce said that an extended break is not necessary « given Ontario’s strong safety protocols, and low dispatch and safety levels within our schools ».

Of these, 463 were reported in the Bell District, 410 in Toronto, and 178 in York.

Another 32 deaths related to COVID-19 were reported in Ontario on Wednesday, the largest number of deaths reported in a single day since the start of the second wave..

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