South African COVID-19 variant identified in North Bay, Ont., outbreak It says of those who’ve been infected, 20 have tested positive for a variant of COVID-19 — one of those has been identified as the variant first detected in South Africa while further testing is underway to determine the strain involved in the others.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The health unit declared the outbreak last week and is looking at how the virus spread.
18 COVID-19 variant cases confirmed as part of North Bay, Ont., apartment building outbreak The North Bay region remains under a stay-at-home order, along with Toronto, Peel Region and York Region, while other areas in the province have now reopened in varying.