Another 295 new cases of COVID-19 were found across the province, including 25 new cases in the NHR and two new cases of COVID-19 in the Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry Portage/Sherridon district. The district now has 31 reported COVID-19 cases according to the provincial dashboard. No new outbreaks or public exposures were announced for the NHR May 27. Under the new health orders, most of the same restrictions that apply under previous provincial restrictions will stay exactly the same. Changes include restricting all outdoor gatherings, including those on public property, to household members only and requiring employers to have their employees work from home when possible.
Northern cases up as Manitoba s third wave grows, six new cases in Flin Flon district since Sunday
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The NHR now has 190 active cases of COVID-19, by far the lowest of any of Manitoba s five health regions - the second-lowest health region, the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority, now has 265 active cases as of May 14. The NHR s 190 active cases is the lowest number of active cases seen in northern Manitoba since November 2020, when the NHR cleared 200 active cases in the midst of the second wave of COVID-19. Out of those northern cases, only four districts within the NHR have double-digit numbers of COVID-19 cases. One of those is the Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry Portage/Sherridon district, which has 10 active COVID-19 cases, including two new cases reported Friday. The other districts that have reported high numbers of active COVID-19 cases include the Island Lake district (88 cases active), the Bunibonibee/Oxford House/Manto Sipi/Gods River/Gods Lake district (27 cases active) and the Cross Lake/Pimicikamak district (25 active cases). Combined, these four districts
“In Northern Manitoba, we’re seeing the effect of the third wave to be much less than in the rest of the province,” said vaccination task force medical lead Dr. Joss Reimer at a May 14 news conference. Five-day test positivity on Friday was 11.8 per cent and the province surpassed 44,000 total COVID infections with the addition of the new cases. There are 239 people in hospital due to the virus, including 179 with active infections. Fifty people with active infections are in intensive care, as are 17 people who are no longer considered infectious. Thirteen northerners are hospitalized due to the virus, eight of them with active infections. One of the people hospitalized with an active case is the north’s only resident currently in intensive care.
Two new cases were reported in the Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry Portage/Sherridon district, which now sits at nine active cases. Since the pandemic began, 165 people in the Flin Flon district have tested positive for COVID-19. No new outbreaks or possible public exposures have been announced by provincial public health authorities in the NHR. There are, according to public health officials, 282 active cases of COVID-19 in northern Manitoba. While the picture is bright in the north, things are worsening in the south. Three more deaths from COVID-19 were announced by the province, each of which were tied to COVID-19 variants of concern. The three deaths push Manitoba to a total of 1,000 deaths due to COVID-19 during the pandemic.
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