A positive COVID test has taken a Barrie hockey team off the ice and into self-isolation.
On Tuesday’s call with local reporters, the region’s medical officer of health, Dr. Charles Gardner, confirmed the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is investigating a COVID-19 community outbreak involving a youth hockey team in Barrie.
Details are limited right now, but Gardner said he and his staff hope to learn more soon about the dynamics of the outbreak.
Gardner did confirm this is the first time the region has seen spread of this nature, though there have been COVID cases linked to spread among hockey teams in Toronto.
He would not confirm how many cases are linked to the team outbreak in Barrie, but said the health unit would report the number of cases once they investigate further.
Barrie 'AAA' hockey organization chairman Hugh Campbell confirmed to BarrieToday that it was his organization that had the positive test and added they are currently following the health unit's guidelines.
“Last week, a player tested positive and the team have all been placed in isolation on the advice of the health unit,” said Campbell, although he would not comment on what age group the positive test involved.
Campbell said this was the first positive test for the organization and he believes things are going “so far so good” for the youth hockey organization.
The 'AAA' organization does not allow spectators at the games.
