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  BARRIE, ONT. -- The Simcoe Muskoka health unit reports 58 new COVID-19 cases across the region and one new variant case, for a total of 91 on Thursday. The health unit lists 60 more possible variant cases but are awaiting test results for confirmation. According to a new report, more than five per cent of positive COVID-19 cases collected in January in a major Ontario study tested positive for highly infectious coronavirus variants of concern. Of the 1,880 positive samples from Jan. 20 ...

  BARRIE, ONT. -- Simcoe Muskokas health unit reports the number of COVID-19 variant cases has nearly doubled Wednesday, increasing to 90 diagnoses, with an additional 57 possible cases. Health officials noted the variant requires two tests to detect - those 57 people have so far screened positive and are waiting on results from a second test to confirm. The new coronavirus strain has been identified at a Barrie, Ont., long-term care home devastated by an outbreak that has claimed 66 lives...

  PENETANGUISHENE, ONT. -- The COVID-19 outbreak has claimed another patients life at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care in Penetanguishene, bringing the total number of patient deaths to four. Eight patients and eight staff members have also tested positive for COVID-19 after an outbreak was declared at the centres Horizon Program for Geriatric Psychiatry. "Its extremely stressful for all staff, especially the unit that has the outbreak," said Local OPSEU president Pete Sheehan on Tue...

  BARRIE, ONT. -- A COVID-19 outbreak at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health has claimed three lives and infected 10 patients and eight staff members. The Penetanguishene hospital reports three of its Horizon Program for Geriatric Psychiatry patients died amid the outbreak. On Monday, spokesperson for Waypoint, Kristi Lalonde, stated that, "Managing the outbreak on the Horizon Program is our top priority right now, and we have all the necessary precautions in place." The Simcoe Muskoka heal...