Manitoba novel coronavirus bulletin – 408
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 04/21/2021 at 12:39 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6.3 per cent provincially and 6.6 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on April 24, 2021, 164 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases have been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 162 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 36,632.
Public health officials advise that one new death in a person with COVID -19 have been reported today:
a male in his 50s from Northern Health region.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
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As few as 40 per cent of people working with some of the province s most vulnerable people residents of personal care homes are vaccinated against COVID-19.
As few as 40 per cent of people working with some of the province s most vulnerable people residents of personal care homes are vaccinated against COVID-19.
Care home administrators and the organization that represents many such facilities in the province are trying to persuade Manitoba s vaccine task force to let the same nurses looking after residents give shots to fellow staff members.
Jan Legeros, executive director of the Long Term & Continuing Care Association of Manitoba, said the group is hearing from member facilities that between 40 to 45 per cent of care home staff have been vaccinated.
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Winnipeg Free Press By: Dylan Robertson and Danielle Da Silva | Posted: 1:08 PM CDT Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021
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The highly infectious coronavirus variant first detected in Brazil, which is gaining momentum across Western Canada, has arrived in Manitoba, marking another worrisome milestone in the province s battle against COVID-19.
The highly infectious coronavirus variant first detected in Brazil, which is gaining momentum across Western Canada, has arrived in Manitoba, marking another worrisome milestone in the province s battle against COVID-19.
The Manitoba government refused to provide details Thursday about the potential spread of the P1 novel coronavirus variant, which experts consider to be the most concerning of the mutations.