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The province announced four COVID-related deaths during the weekend alongside 353 new cases of the virus.
The dead include a man in his 70s from Prairie Mountain Health, a man in his 60s from Northern, a man in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region and a man in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region linked to the outbreak at the Health Sciences Centre GD4.
The weekend also found an outbreak declared at the Russell Health Centre.
New cases, minus three remove due to data correction, include:
• 223 in the Winnipeg health region
• 60 in Northern
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Chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin sits during the COVID-19 update at the Manitoba Legislative Building on Monday. Roussin warned during Monday’s briefing that tighter restrictions could be put in place later this week. (Winnipeg Free Press)
As daily case numbers remained over 100 for the sixth straight day, chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin warned during his Monday COVID-19 briefing that tighter restrictions could be put in place later this week.
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As daily case numbers remained over 100 for the sixth straight day, chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin warned during his Monday COVID-19 briefing that tighter restrictions could be put in place later this week.
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The Boissevain Health Centre and Evergreen Place Personal Care Home have moved to critical (red) level due to a COVID-19 outbreak, which was confirmed at Thursday’s media conference with Manitoba chief provincial health officer Dr. Brent Roussin. There are two cases related to the outbreak and neither involves patients or residents, a provincial spokesperson said. One case is currently active while the second has recovered.
There are two B.1.1.7 variant cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region, one from the Southern Health-Sante Sud health region and two from the Interlake-Eastern health region. Three from Winnipeg have yet to be categorized.
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Boissevain School is extending remote learning to April 23 after public health officials declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the K-12 institution on Friday.
The school is currently grappling with 10 COVID-19 cases according to the province’s COVID-19 dashboard, and is moving to threat level orange (restricted) as a result.
These 10 COVID cases mark a noticeable jump from the three cases identified at Boissevain School earlier this week.
Turtle Mountain School Division superintendent Tim De Ruyck told the Sun on Monday that he found out about these three COVID cases throughout spring break, and decided to suspend in-person learning at Boissevain School until at least Friday, April 9, as a precaution.