2020 novel coronavirus bulletin – 293
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Posted on 12/22/2020 at 12:53 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 11.5 per cent provincially and 10.5 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 12, 2020, 155 new cases of the virus have been identified, which brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 23,180.
Public health officials advise 18 additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
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;
WINNIPEG The number of daily COVID-19 cases continues to drop in Manitoba, but COVID-19 deaths have spiked again. While there was no public COVID-19 briefing on Tuesday, the province announced in a news release that 18 more Manitobans had died due to COVID-19, a spike over the four deaths reported on Monday. The majority of these most recent deaths have been linked to outbreaks at personal care homes and health-care facilities across the province, including seven deaths that have been linked to an outbreak at the Oakview Place personal care home in Winnipeg. More information about these Manitobans can be found at the bottom of this article.
18 more deaths, 155 new cases of COVID-19 for Manitoba Posted:
Last Modified: 2:31 PM CST Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 | Updates
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Dr. Jazz Atwal, Deputy chief provincial public health officer, said officials need people to stay home during the holidays, as hospitalization rates remain high and health-care workers are pushed to the max. (Jesse Boily / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Manitoba confirmed 155 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday the second consecutive day where its case count dropped below 200.
Manitoba confirmed 155 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday the second consecutive day where its case count dropped below 200.
However, the province s death toll keeps rising, with 18 more fatalities reported.
WINNIPEG There are currently active COVID-19 outbreaks at 31 of Winnipeg’s 39 long-term care facilities, according to the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA). The health authority noted that of the 31 long-term care facilities with outbreaks, 16 of these sites don’t have any active cases among the residents. In the WRHA’s latest personal care home update, which reported the numbers as of 9 a.m. on Dec. 15, it explained an outbreak is declared at a facility if there is a positive case of COVID-19 among a resident, staff member or an external service provider. According to the update, the facilities currently experiencing larger-scale outbreaks include Charleswood Care Centre, Convalescent Home of Winnipeg, Fred Douglas Lodge, Holy Family Home, Oakview Place, Park Manor Care, Poseidon Care Centre and St. Norbert Personal Care Home.
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People wear face masks as they wait to enter a store in a shopping mall in Montreal on Sunday.(Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)