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BARRIE, ONT. Shelters across Simcoe County report an increase in domestic violence as a troubling number of victims are confined to their homes with their abusers during the pandemic. The side effect of the virus has local shelters stretched thin. I would definitely say 40 to 50 per cent increase in the crisis line, says Teresa MacLennan, Women s and Children s Shelter of Barrie. MacLennan says women are forced to choose between two difficult options. Do I come into a shelter setting knowing it s a congregate living environment and risk getting COVID, or do I stay with my abuser? A lot of women have decided to stay with their abuser and try to navigate through that.