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BARRIE, ONT. -- Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) has been cleared of all COVID-19 outbreaks. The hospital had four outbreaks in units over the past month, which resulted in 24 patients and 27 staff infections. Additionally, 12 people died from virus-related complications. On Monday, the hospital announced the outbreak in the Cancer Palliative Unit is over. The unit has reopened to transfers and new admissions. The other units with outbreaks were the Integrated Stroke and Rehabilitation, Transitional Care Unit, and Specialized Seniors Care unit. RVH continues to restrict visi...

The outbreak in the Integrated Stroke and Rehabilitation Unit at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) is over.

  BARRIE, ONT. -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 variant cases in Simcoe Muskoka nearly tripled in the past 24 hours, jumping from 19 to 51 on Tuesday. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) reports another 94 patients are waiting on a second test to confirm whether they too are infected with the variant. Health officials grow increasingly concerned, saying the U.K. variant is "50 per cent more contagious" and "it's able to find little holes in our armour," according to Dr. Colin Lee, SMDHU associate medical officer of health said Friday.  Public health says the best protecti...

  BARRIE -- The Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) has confirmed a third COVID-19 outbreak in the Barrie hospital. The new outbreak is in the Specialized Seniors Care Unit, where two patients have become infected. This latest outbreak follows two other active outbreaks declared earlier this month, in the hospitals Transitional Care and Integrated Stroke and Rehabilitation units. To date, 18 patients and 24 staff members have become infected, and six patients have died. The hospital says the patients in all of the units have been swab tested, are quarantining in their rooms, and...

  BARRIE, ONT. -- It's been one year since the World Health Organization first warned about the threat of a new virus. At that time, 41 people had been diagnosed with COVID-19. One year later, Simcoe Muskoka logs its deadliest week associated with the virus since the pandemic started. On Friday, the health unit reported that another four infected people passed away, bringing the region's death toll to 86. Fifteen people have passed away with the virus since Monday. A deadly outbreak at Roberta Place in Barrie claimed the lives of six residents, and the facility reports more than 70 resi...