The exact whereabouts of most cases are not known, but at least two Flin Flon cases have been confirmed. The cases were reported in a letter from public health officials and the Flin Flon School Division, stating that the cases were located in the same cohort at Ecole McIsaac School. It is unknown if the cases were in students, teachers or other staff members or if the disease was transmitted to anyone else at the school. “Manitoba public health officials have advised of a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the school on Jan. 11 in the pink cohort when the individual may have been infectious,” reads the public health letter.
Good news on the local COVID-19 front. The COVID-19 outbreak at Northern Lights Manor is now considered over by provincial health officials and residents will soon get doses of a vaccine.
Manitoba health officials gave the province an early Christmas gift of sorts Dec. 21 - the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in almost two months. The province reported 166 net new cases of COVID-19 on the shortest day of the year, including 25 cases within the Northern Health Region. Four deaths were reported Monday due to COVID-19, each from southern Manitoba communities. article continues below
Trending Stories Within the district of Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry Portage/Sherridon, only two cases of COVID-19 remain active. According to the most recent provincial health data, 32 people have had the disease and recovered, while one person who tested positive for COVID-19 has died.
The Reminder has reached out to the Northern Health Region (NHR) for more information on what the end of the outbreak will mean for the facility, but is yet to receive comment. Three outbreaks remain active in the north, according to the provincial government, including one in Flin Flon at the Northern Lights Manor. At least one staff member and two residents at the manor have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak was first announced. The two other outbreaks are both in The Pas/OCN/Kelsey district - the Rod McGillivary Care Home at Opaskwayak Cree Nation and the acute care inpatient unit at St. Anthony s Hospital in The Pas.