40 Barrie residents among 99 new COVID cases in region since Friday
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COVID-19 variant in Barrie outbreak upends conventional wisdom of spread
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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.
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A devastating outbreak linked to the British variant of COVID-19 at a long-term care home north of Toronto has now infected just more than 300 individuals, heightening fears of community spread.
Ninety “household members” – a broad group that includes family of people who live or work at Roberta Place in Barrie, Ont., as well as staff from local hospitals, paramedic services and other community agencies helping manage the outbreak –
have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, said Charles Gardner, Medical Officer of Health at the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, in an interview on Wednesday.
All but one of the home’s 128 residents have been sickened with the virus, along with 86 staff members.