By Matthew Dekker
Jan 11, 2021 12:47 PM
Public health officials advise three additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a male in his 60s from Northern health region;
• a male in his 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to the outbreak at McCreary/Alonsa Health Centre; and
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at Bethania Mennonite Personal Care Home.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 10 per cent provincially and 8.8 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 133 new cases of the virus have been identified, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 26,450.