2020 novel coronavirus bulletin – 324
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 01/24/2021 at 12:44 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 10.6 per cent provincially and 6.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on January 24, 2021, 222 new cases of the virus have been identified and brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 28,697.
Public health officials advise three additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
a male in his 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to an outbreak at the McCreary/Alonsa Health Centre;
a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at the Holy Family Personal Care Home; and
Posted: Jan 24, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: January 24
COVID-19 testing continues at this Brandon testing site.(Jaison Empson/CBC)
There are three more deaths and 222 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Sunday, the day after the province loosened restrictions in the southern half of the province.
For the second day in a row, more than half of the new cases 116 are in the north, a provincial news release said.
On Saturday, 216 cases of the virus were reported. Of those, 118 were in the Northern Health Region.
Some of the new cases are in Fox Lake Cree Nation, which is battling an outbreak. Although some recoveries are being reported, the First Nation, which is about 700 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, saw 11 new cases over the past two days.
Winnipeg Free Press
Last Modified: 8:44 AM CST Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 | Updates
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Dr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial public health officer during the COVID update at the Manitoba Legislative building Monday afternoon.
Pandemic restrictions may be eased as early as this weekend, but the province’s top doctor is still urging Manitobans to keep up their guard, for fear the coronavirus could gain momentum once again.
Winnipeg Free Press
Pandemic restrictions may be eased as early as this weekend, but the province’s top doctor is still urging Manitobans to keep up their guard, for fear the coronavirus could gain momentum once again.
Posted: Jan 18, 2021 11:45 AM CT | Last Updated: January 18
Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin said information on the loosening of the code red restrictions in Manitoba will come this week.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Manitoba announced 118 cases of COVID-19 and four more deaths on Monday, the 11th consecutive day the province has recorded single-digit deaths.
The latest deaths are connected to current outbreaks, including a man in his 80s at the Rod McGillivary Memorial Care Home in Opaskwayak Cree Nation in the Northern Health Region.
The other three deaths are in the Winnipeg health region a man in his 60s linked to the outbreak at the Southeast Personal Care Home, a woman in her 70s linked to the outbreak at Concordia Place and a woman in her 80s linked to the outbreak at Health Sciences Centre WRS3.