WINNIPEG --
While Manitoba continues to have hundreds of new COVID-19 cases each day, not everyone is finding out with a COVID test.
Tuesday, the province said nearly half of those currently is hospital with COVID-19 didn’t get tested prior to arriving.
Doug Langrell knows firsthand how important testing for COVID is.
Doug lost his brother Dennis Langrell to COVID-19 last month, his brother died alone in his apartment at the age of 66.
“He was badly congested, he had a bad cold so I said please go get yourself tested,” said Doug.
He said his brother already had his first vaccination appointment, and decided not to get the COVID-19 test.