COVID-19 roundup: no new cases over weekend, bus route between Owen Sound and Guelph resumes Monday

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit Sunday, and still no known active cases in the region.

The last known COVID-19 patient in the area recovered Thursday. The last reported COVID-19 case in Grey-Bruce was on July 9.

Public health units across the province reported 164 new COVID-19 cases and three new deaths Sunday. Those numbers are well above the average daily totals registered throughout the past several weeks in Ontario.

Thirty-seven of Sunday’s new cases were reported in the Windsor-Essex region where outbreaks among agribusiness workers continue to be recorded. Forty-eight cases were reported in the Peel Region.

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Kasper Transportation announced they will resume operation of their bus line between Owen Sound and Guelph Monday.

CEO Kasper Wabinski made the announcement in a media release issued Saturday.

“Some of our prices have changed, and some routes have new stops added. Please contact us or view our website for more details. As we enter the Stage 3 of the reopening by the province, we will continue to monitor its status for the safety of everyone. We have invested and will continue to invest the funds and resources to work laterally with all levels of government and communities to meet the safety requirements recommended for us to follow,” the release said.

According to Kasper Transportation’s website, the bus will depart from Owen Sound Transit at 3rd Avenue East at 8 a.m.

It will make stops in Chatsworth, Williamsford, Dornoch, Durham, Mount Forest, Arthur, and Fergus before arriving in Guelph at 10:25 a.m. A return trip arrives back in Owen Sound just after 1 p.m.

The bus will make an evening trip departing from Owen Sound at 2:30 p.m. and arriving in Guelph at 4:55 p.m. A return trip arrives in Owen Sound at 7:41 p.m.

The private Thunder Bay-based transportation company introduced service between Owen Sound and Guelph earlier this year.

The carrier halted all services on May 2 amid COVID-19 shutdown measures and after experiencing an 80 per cent decline in ridership.