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Simcoe Muskoka logs 112 new COVID-19 cases, death toll hits 108

  BARRIE, ONT. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit logged 112 new COVID-19 cases Friday and seven additional deaths. The health unit says each of the people reported to have died with the virus since Thursday resided at Roberta Place long-term care home in Barrie. The nursing home outbreak has claimed 27 lives and infected all but three residents and 60 per cent of the staff. There are six other seniors homes with an outbreak, including The Pines long-term care home in Bracebridge, which has confirmed a single staff case. Another worker is isolating following contact with the positive case. The health unit reports Kingsmere Retirement Residence in Alliston has fewer than five cases in a facility-wide outbreak.

U K COVID-19 variant found at virus-plagued Barrie long-term care home

Article content 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. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or U.K. COVID-19 variant found at virus-plagued Barrie long-term care home Back to video 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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