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Simcoe-Muskoka health officials say another case of the U.K. variant of COVID-19 has been confirmed in the region.
The person infected - who did not travel abroad - was reportedly in close contact with someone who contracted the virus during the recent outbreak at Bradford Valley Care Community.
Since January 14, six residents and three staff members there, have tested positive for COVID-19.
Health officials are investigating to see if the other cases are also tied to the U.K. variant.
They also reported that this seventh person in the region infected with the new strain of the virus, works at a retail outlet in Simcoe County. Officials did not provide the name of the store, but say it offered curbside pickup only. We have also earned that two other people associated with the retailer tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Health officials say a U.K. variant of COVID-19 is behind a deadly outbreak at a long-term care home in Barrie.
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit says genome sequencing on six COVID-19 samples from Roberta Place Retirement Lodge have been identified as the highly contagious variant.
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The local health unit announced earlier this week that they had found a variant at the home and were conducting tests to determine what it was.
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TORONTO Health officials identified a U.K. variant of COVID-19 at a long-term care home reeling from a deadly outbreak in Barrie, Ont., Saturday amid a slightly lower daily virus case count.
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit said genome sequencing on six COVID-19 samples from Roberta Place Retirement Lodge have been identified as the highly contagious variant.
Officials with the local health unit announced earlier this week that they had found a variant at the home north of Toronto and were conducting tests to determine what it was. A news release said as of Friday, 124 of 127 residents, as well as 84 staff, were positive for the virus, resulting in 29 deaths.