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WINNIPEG Cases of COVID-19 have spiked in the Southern Health Region, as Manitoba reported more cases and deaths on Friday. Of the 81 new cases reported in the province on Friday, 28 were in the Southern Health Region. This is a significant spike from Thursday when only three cases were reported. The majority of the cases in the region were in the Altona area. The majority of those cases reported today were household contacts, so were already isolating and became cases, said Dr. Brent Roussin, the chief provincial public health officer. He said the province would be following the situation in the Southern health region. He said the goal is to have public health measures stop the transmission chain where it is.
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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.