Ontario is reporting 1,958 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 36,000 tests completed. Locally, there are 727 new cases in Toronto, 365 in Peel and 157 in York Region.
As of 8:00 p.m. yesterday, 286,110 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) January 25, 2021
Highly contagious U.K. variant of COVID-19 may have spread into community from LTC home north of Toronto
Health officials are investigating whether the British variant of COVID-19 behind a devastating outbreak at a long-term care home north of Toronto is also linked to infections at two other sites, heightening fears of community spread.
A genome sequencing test has identified the variant in six COVID-19 samples taken from Roberta Place, a long-term care home in Barrie where all but two residents are infected with the coronavirus; 40 residents and one essential caregiver have died.
On Sunday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit announced that it has received another laboratory-confirmed case for the highly contagious and easily transmitted variant first detected in Britain.
Odd that it’s only been found in the hinterland. It isn’t in Toronto and the GTA?
