2020 novel coronavirus bulletin – 332
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 02/01/2021 at 12:51 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 7.9 per cent provincially and 4.2 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on February 1, 2021, 89 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 87 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 29,651.
Public health officials advise three additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
a male in his 70s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region, linked to an outbreak at the Heritage Life Personal Care Home in Niverville;
By Ryan Young
Feb 1, 2021 6:33 PM
Public health officials advise three additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a male in his 70s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to an outbreak at the Heritage Life Personal Care Home in Niverville;
• a male in his 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to an outbreak at the Heritage Life Personal Care Home in Niverville; and
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 7.9 per cent provincially and 4.2 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 89 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 87 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 29,651.
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Public health officials announced eight more deaths and 133 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoban on Thursday, snapping a two-day streak of cases numbers that fell below 100.
Nearly half of the new cases 61 came in the hard-hit Northern Health region. Winnipeg, meanwhile, had just 29 new infections, the lowest number in the capital since Oct. 17.
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Praire Mountain Health recorded a further 19 new cases while 17 additional cases were found in Interlake-Eastern and seven new cases were found in Southern Health.
2020 novel coronavirus bulletin – 328
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 01/28/2021 at 2:12 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 8.7 per cent provincially and 5.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on January 28, 2021, 133 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case has been removed due to a data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 132 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 29,128.
Public health officials advise eight additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
a female in her 80s from the Interlake–Eastern health region, linked to the outbreak at the Beausejour Hospital;
No zero-risk situation, Manitoba official warns ahead of loosened visitor restrictions starting Saturday
Manitoba reported 173 new COVID-19 cases and two more deaths linked to the illness on Friday, a day before some of its strictest pandemic rules are set to ease slightly.
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With 2 designated visitors soon allowed everywhere but the north, Dr. Jazz Atwal urges people to stay vigilant
Posted: Jan 22, 2021 10:35 AM CT | Last Updated: January 22
Dr. Jazz Atwal, acting deputy Manitoba chief public health officer, speaks at a COVID-19 update at the Manitoba Legislative Building in this file photo.(John Woods/The Canadian Press)