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While seven more Manitobans have died from COVID-19 and another 203 have been newly sickened with it, Winnipeg’s test positivity rate is the lowest it has been in two months.
While seven more Manitobans have died from COVID-19 and another 203 have been newly sickened with it, Winnipeg’s test positivity rate is the lowest it has been in two months.
The province says more health-care workers are now eligible to receive a vaccine.
After weeks of code-red restrictions in Winnipeg and the rest of the province, the five-day test positivity rate number finally reached single digits with 9.4 per cent in Winnipeg and 9.9 per cent across the province. (The Canadian Press files)
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.9 per cent provincially and 9.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on January 9, 2021, 203 new cases of the virus have been identified, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 26,166.
Manitoba public health officials reported another seven deaths due to COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the province’s death toll to 733. As well, 203 new cases…