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As Manitoba reported 15 more deaths and 201 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the province s acting deputy chief public health officer made no apologies for repeating the same message again and again.
As Manitoba reported 15 more deaths and 201 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the province s acting deputy chief public health officer made no apologies for repeating the same message again and again. I say it again and I ll say it as much as I need to: stay at home, Dr. Jazz Atwal told a media briefing as he warned about the potential to spread the virus over the holidays. There are people of all ages and walks of life who are at risk of severe outcomes if they catch it, he said.
Care home says COVID-19 deaths higher than province reported
It was another dark day in Manitoba with 18 lives reported lost to COVID-19.
While the province reported Tuesday that seven of those deaths were connected to an outbreak at Winnipeg s Extendicare Oakview Place, the company that owns the personal care home said the death toll there is much higher. We are saddened to confirm that 12 residents who have previously tested positive for COVID-19 have passed away, Laura Gallant, a spokeswoman for Extendicare said late Tuesday. We have been in touch with these residents’ families to offer our heartfelt condolences, she said in an email to the
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These deaths bring the total related to the pandemic in Manitoba to 590.
December has seen more deaths than any other month since the start of the pandemic.(Cameron MacLean/CBC)
Almost 1,200 health workers vaccinated
Manitoba is continuing its rollout of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, with a total 1,192 front-line health workers having received the vaccine so far.
Although provincial public health officials said last week that the province would be able to find people to receive the vaccine in the event that there were unused doses available, a handful of doses seven in total have been wasted since the vaccine program launched, said Atwal.
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COVID-19 outbreaks at several facilities are being declared over.
There are 155 new cases of COVID-19 being announced to the public Tuesday and 18 more COVID-19 deaths.
The Manitobans lost to COVID-19 being announced include:
a female in her 80s from the Interlake–Eastern health region, linked to an outbreak at Kin Place in Oakbank;
a female in her 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to an outbreak at Fairview Home in Brandon;
a female in her 90s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to an outbreak at the Grandview Personal Care Home in Grandview;