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Students with the Trillium Lakelands District School (TLDSB) within the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s (HKPR) medical region will return to class on January 25th.
That also means bus transportation will resume in the City of Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton County starting Monday.
The announcement was made by Ontario’s Minister of Education Stephen Lecce Wednesday night.
Also returning to in-class learning on Monday will be schools within the medical regions of the Grey Bruce Health Unit, Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit, Kingston, Frontenac, and Lennox & Addington Health Unit, Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit, Peterborough Public Health, and Renfrew County and District Health Unit.
Last Updated Thursday, January 21, 2021 7:22AM EST Preliminary cases of a COVID-19 variant have been discovered at a long-term care home in Barrie that is currently combating an outbreak of the deadly virus. Laboratory testing has identified a variant of the novel coronavirus in six swabs at Roberta Pace, according to the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). “The variant strain testing is a two part test, and at this time, the first test indicates a very high probability that they are of a variant strain of concern. The second part of the test is a whole genome sequencing test to determine the exact strain,” reads a statement from SMDHU on Wednesday.
BARRIE, ONT. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) believes it s possible that a COVID-19 variant found in several swab tests at a Barrie, Ont., long-term care home, where 25 residents have died, may be in the community. On Thursday morning, Dr. Colin Lee, SMDHU associate medical officer of health, said while the variant had yet to be identified, it has proven to be more infectious and a real cause for concern. I think everyone is a little more fearful today than they were yesterday morning. This is more contagious. It s here. There s a good chance that it s going to slowly spread within our area, and not only within our area but other areas in Ontario, Lee said.
A yet-to-be identified variant of COVID-19 found in a Barrie, Ont., long-term care home is extremely concerning because it appears to be spreading more quickly among residents, public health officials said Thursday.
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit said the unusually rapid spread of the virus at Roberta Place earlier this month prompted officials to start testing for a variant strain.
Fifty-five people at the nursing home became ill within 48 hours of the first COVID-19 case being identified, said Dr. Colin Lee, the unit s associate medical officer of health.
As of Wednesday evening, the health unit reported that 122 residents and 69 staff had been infected, and 19 residents had died.
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The active case count is at 35 after the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) added one new COVID-19 case Wednesday.
The new cases are:
A man from Bracebridge between the ages of 18 and 34. SMDHU reports he got it through the community.
There have been 34 cases of the virus in Bracebridge.
There have been a total of 184 cases of the coronavirus in Muskoka since the pandemic began. One more person has recovered from the virus, bringing that total to 146.
The roll-out of the vaccine continues in SMDHU’s medical region. So far, 14,413 vaccines have been administered with 228 coming in the last 24 hours.