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A COVID-19 outbreak was declared in the facility on Jan. 8, 2021, and since then, more than 200 people have contracted the virus, including all but one of the residents. More than 60 residents and an essential caregiver have died.
Officials with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit have confirmed that at least some of the residents have a highly transmissible variant of the virus that was originally discovered in the U.K., and the region’s top doctor says he believes everyone infected at the long-term care home has that variant, but testing is still underway.
The statement of claim alleges the facility failed to keep residents with COVID-19 separate from those who didn’t have the virus.
68 Barrie residents among 129 new COVID cases in region since Friday
Positive cases also include 10 Bradford West Gwillimbury residents, 10 Innisfil residents, four Orillia residents, and one Collingwood resident
Feb 1, 2021 3:07 PM By: Erika Engel
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit offices are located on Sperling Drive in north-end Barrie. Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported 129 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths in the region since Friday.
All 11 deaths were Barrie residents and include seven women over 80 from Roberta Place, two men over 80 and one man between 65 and 79 years old from Roberta Place, and a woman between 65 and 79 years old whose case was not linked to Roberta Place.
Barrie long-term care home with outbreak of COVID-19 variant faces lawsuit
The unproven statement of claim filed to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice alleges the long-term care home in Barrie, Ont., failed to take basic precautionary measures to protect against the novel coronavirus 10 months after the pandemic took hold in Canada.
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Posted: Feb 01, 2021 12:47 PM ET | Last Updated: February 2
Loved ones of residents at Roberta Place are proposing a class-action lawsuit against the home. The statement of claim alleges the facility failed to keep residents with COVID-19 separate from those who didn t have the virus. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
The death toll at a Barrie long-term care home dealing with an outbreak that has been linked to the highly contagious United Kingdom variant of the virus has climbed to 61.
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