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The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) reports 170 new COVID-19 cases since its last report on Friday, plus four deaths.

Dr. Kelley Wright is one of several doctors selflessly volunteering at a Barrie long-term care home currently in the midst of a massive and deadly COVID-19 outbreak. As Wright told CityNews on Monday, the community has rallied around Roberta Place Long Term Care home, with the Red Cross, area hospitals, and physicians like herself putting […]

Ten more staff at the Essa Road long-term care home have tested positive for the virus as well as one additional resident since last update

Barrie PSW describes 'absolute terror' of staff, residents in COVID-19 ravaged LTC centre As of Monday afternoon, 53 staff members and 63 residents have tested positive for the virus; There have also been nine resident deaths Jan 19, 2021 9:02 AM By: Shawn Gibson For the families of people living at Roberta Place, as well as those working inside the Essa Road facility, these past several days have been filled with stress and fear.  For the past two and a half years, Karen Fokkens DeBeer’s mother, Jane, has been living at Roberta Place long-term care home, t...

Published Sunday, January 17, 2021 6:04PM EST The Canadian Red Cross has been deployed to a Barrie long-term care home dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak that has resulted in nine resident deaths. A spokesperson for Long-Term Care Minister Dr. Merrilee Fullerton said in a statement to CTV News that the Red Cross will support Roberta Place, where there are 62 residents and 43 staff with COVID-19. “We are pleased and excited about the swift action and assistance demonstrated by the Canadian Red Cross and we look forward to continuing to collaborate with them,” said Stephanie...