Three more deaths from the virus, two of them linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern, were also reported, making the total number of Manitobans who have died from COVID-19 1,019. The Grand Rapids/Misipawistik/Mosakahiken/Moose Lake/Easterville/Chemawawin health district had the nighest number of new cases in the north, with 11, while there were five new cases in the Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry/Sherridon district and four each in the Cross Lake/Pimicikamak and Pukatawagan/Mathias Colomb health districts, according to the provincial government website. Three active cases listed in the Lynn Lake/Marcel Colomb/Leaf Rapids/O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation (South Indian Lake)/Granville on the website on May 19 have been removed and there are no active cases in the district listed anymore. Thompson/Mystery Lake had two new cases and has a total of four active cases.
One new death was reported since yesterday, the 960th person to die as a result of the virus since the pandemic began. In the north, 25 new cases were reported, including nine from the Grand Rapids/Misipawistik/Mosakahiken/Moose Lake/Easterville/Chemawawin health district, seven from the Shamattawa/York Factory/Tataskweyak/Split Lake district, and five from the Bunibonibee/Oxford House/Manto Sipi/God’s River/God’s Lake district. There are 132 Manitobans in hospital as a result of COVID-19, including 66 with active cases, 18 of whom are in intensive care. There are also 15 people who are no longer considered infections who are still in intensive care.
The P1 variant was detected in someone from the Interlake-Eastern health region, the provincial government says. A total of 153 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Manitoba on Thursday, including 73 in Winnipeg and 57 in the north, which remains on pace to see more than 1,000 cases in the month of April. The other three health regions had 10 or fewer cases. Four previously announced cases were removed from the provincial total due to data corrections for a net daily increase of 149 cases. Thirty-seven of the newly lab-confirmed cases in the province’s north were from the Island Lake health district, while there were 12 from the Grand Rapids/Misipawistik/Mosakahiken/Moose Lake/Easterville/Chemawawin and four from the Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry/Sherridon health district.
Manitoba’s daily total of new COVID-19 cases dipped below 100 for the first time in a week April 14 and the five-day test positivity rate went down to 5.3 per cent after topping six per cent on . . .
“I think the third wave is here,” he said. “If we don’t act now we will be right back into stricter restrictions very soon.” In recent weeks, public health officials are seeing higher numbers of case contacts and more evidence of people holding larger gatherings at their residences. “We’ve seen a lot of preventable transmission,” Roussin said. Sixty-two of Monday’s new cases were in Winnipeg while 36 were in the north. New northern cases included 17 in the Grand Rapids/Misipawistik/Mosakahiken/Moose Lake/Easterville/Chemawawin health district, seven in the Bunibonibee/Oxford House/Manto Sipi/God’s River/God’s Lake health district and four in the Thompson/Mystery Lake health district.