Last Updated Friday, January 29, 2021 4:01PM EST
Officials in Simcoe County have confirmed three additional cases of the UK B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant, with more than 100 other suspected cases, as a tragic outbreak at a Barrie long-term care home where it was first detected continues to claim lives.
Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit Associate Medical Officer of Health Dr. Colin Lee said that three more variant cases were confirmed, bringing the total in the region to 10.
The variant was originally suspected at Roberta Place long-term care home in early January, after a worker who had close contact with someone who travelled abroad became sick.