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  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 po...

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 det...

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Article content Try refreshing your browser. U.K. COVID-19 variant found at Barrie LTC home Back to video TORONTO — Health officials identified a U.K. variant of COVID-19 at a long-term care home reeling from a deadly outbreak in Barrie, Ont., Saturday amid a slightly lower daily virus case count. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit said genome sequencing on six COVID-19 samples from Roberta Place Retirement Lodge have been identified as the highly contagious variant. Officials with the local health unit announced earlier this week that they had found a variant at the home north of To...

Posted: Jan 23, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 23 The body of a deceased resident of Roberta Place long-term care home in Barrie, Ont., is removed on Monday. Dr. Zain Chagla, an infectious diseases physician at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, says there are concerns that coronavirus variants could be the driving factor behind some recent COVID-19 outbreaks in Canada. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)