Nine dead in ‘rapid’ COVID-19 outbreak in Barrie LTC home by from on 2021-01-18 01:01 (#5CZ6M) A deadly outbreak of COVID-19 has raced through a Barrie long-term-care home, claiming the lives of nine residents in 10 days and infecting more than 100 people, amid fears it could have been sparked by a coronavirus variant originating in the U.K.