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The first death linked to a variant of concern in the province was reported by Manitoba public health officials on Thursday.
Dr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial public health officer, said a Winnipeg man in his 70s died in the third week of March after contracting the B.1.1.7 (U.K.) variant, a diagnosis that was found posthumously through testing and then sent for screening.
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It’s the first death to be attributed to one of the two variants of concern the other being the B.1.351 (South Africa) variant seen in the province so far.
By Matthew Dekker
Apr 8, 2021 11:33 AM
Public health officials advise that three additional deaths in people with COVID-19 are being reported today:
• a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Holy Family Home; and
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 4.8 per cent provincially and 4.6 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 139 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases have been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 137 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 34,793.
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Roughly one in every four COVID-19 cases in Winnipeg is now caused by a coronavirus variant, Manitoba s chief public health officer said on Thursday, as the province reported its first known death linked to one of the more contagious strains.
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