Study of Ontario COVID-19 cases reveals small but growing presence of British variant Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail A preliminary look at all cases of COVID-19 that were reported in Ontario during a single day last month has determined that 5.5 per cent of those cases examined so far were caused by the new U.K. variant of the coronavirus. Of those, 89 alone were connected to a large outbreak of the variant at the Roberta Place long-term care facility in Barrie.