COVID-19 U.K. variant in the region as of Monday, while 126 people have screened positive for a “variant of concern.”Testing is still underway to determine the exact variant strain for the 126 COVID-19 cases.
63 residents now dead amid COVID-19 outbreak at Barrie, Ont., nursing home Last week, public health said 99 people who were mostly associated with a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at Roberta Place long-term care home in Barrie, Ont., tested positive for a “variant of concern.” Results on the exact COVID-19 strain are still pending.While most of the 99 cases were in connection with Roberta Place, two have no connection to the nursing home.