Manitoba sees another slight rise in daily COVID-19 cases, with 222 announced Friday
The number of daily COVID-19 cases announced in Manitoba went up again on Friday, after days of case counts that hovered below 200. That update came shortly after the province announced current public health orders will be extended until Jan. 22.
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Posted: Jan 08, 2021 11:08 AM CT | Last Updated: January 8
About 60 rescheduled medical procedures will be done over the next week, after many procedures were postponed due to COVID-19, Shared Health Chief Nursing Officer Lanette Siragusa said Friday.(Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse/The Associated Press)
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Another nine Manitobans have died with COVID-19.
Public health officials have also confirmed 238 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 22,630.
Today s death toll includes:
a female in her 70s from the Interlake-Eastern health region;
a female in her 60s from the Northern health region;
a female in her 70s from the Southern Health region, linked to an outbreak at Morris General Hospital;
a female in her 50s from the Winnipeg health region;
a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region linked to an outbreak at Fred Douglas Lodge;
238 new COVID-19 cases announced, nine deaths Saturday
Chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin
The province has announced 238 new cases of the virus and nine additional deaths, along with the lowest Winnipeg region COVID-19 case count in over a month.
The province has announced 238 new cases of the virus and nine additional deaths, along with the lowest Winnipeg region COVID-19 case count in over a month.
Out of the 238 cases, 104 are people in the Winnipeg region – the lowest number since early November – and 55 are in the Northern health region, which has been facing outbreaks in First Nations communities. Thirty-three new cases are from the Interlake-Eastern region, 30 are in the Southern Health-Santé Sud region and 16 cases are in the Prairie Mountain Health region.