2020 novel coronavirus bulletin – 341
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 02/10/2021 at 12:42 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.2 per cent provincially and 4.1 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on February 10, 2021, 59 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases have been removed due to a data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 57 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 30,417.
Public health officials advise six additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
a male in his 70s from the Northern health region, linked to outbreaks at St. Paul’s Personal Care Home and St. Anthony’s General Hospital, dialysis unit;
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After two consecutive days of double-digit new cases in the province, Manitoba public health officials announced a return to triple-digit new infections with 126 new cases on Wednesday.
A good chunk of those come in Northern Health with 55 new cases, followed by 32 additional cases in Winnipeg and 24 in Interlake-Eastern. Southern Health and Prairie Mountain each recorded single-digit days with eight and seven new infections, respectively.
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Manitoba’s test positivity rate plummeted further on Wednesday, down to 6.9%, a 0.7% decrease compared to Tuesday. It’s the lowest the provincial test positivity rate has been since Oct. 25. The province has seen 29,858 total cases since last March as it creeps toward 30,000.
126 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths reported in Manitoba
There are 126 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths, Manitoba public health officials say, as the province s test-positivity rate drops to a low not seen in over three months.
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Dr. Jazz Atwal says it could be a few months before businesses see some return to normalcy in workplace
Posted: Feb 03, 2021 10:54 AM CT | Last Updated: February 3
It could be a few months before businesses see some return to normalcy around the workplace, Dr. Jazz Atwal says, citing uncertainties about vaccine supply and new COVID-19 cases that will still be reported each day in the meantime.(Tyson Koschik/CBC)
CONSIDERING NEW HEALTH ORDERS As cases and test positivity rates continue to stay low, Atwal said the province is looking at all options for the next set of health orders. The current orders in place are set to expire at 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 12. The level of success we see during the modest reopening will determine the amount we are able to open as these orders expire, said Atwal. We have said before nothing is off the table. That remains the case and consideration is being given to several options. He added how the new orders look all depends on how well Manitobans follow the current orders and he advises people to not skirt the rules.