By Matthew Dekker
Dec 20, 2020 6:54 PM
Public health officials advise 13 additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today, including:
• a female in her 50s from the Northern health region;
• a female in her 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to an outbreak at the Grandview Personal Care Home in Grandview;
• a male in his 90s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud region,
• a male in his 30s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at St. Amant;
• a female in her 40s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at Holy Family Home;
WINNIPEG Thirteen more Manitobans have died from COVID-19, including a man in his 30s from the Winnipeg health region. Announced in the province s daily COVID-19 bulletin on Saturday, 11 of the deaths are from Winnipeg. The 30-year-old Winnipeg man who passed from the virus is linked to an outbreak at St. Amant. Two of the deaths, a man in his 70s and a woman in her 90s, are linked to an outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre. A Winnipeg woman linked to an outbreak at Holy Family Home also died from the virus. One death, a woman in her 80s, is linked to an outbreak at the GA3 unit at Health Sciences Centre.
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New cases of COVID-19 surged past 300 in the province for the first time in six days on Friday, due in large part to a swath of new cases on First Nations in Northern Manitoba.
There were 350 new cases reported by public health officials, including 89 in Northern Manitoba. Dr. Jazz Atwal, acting deputy chief provincial public health officer who is spelling Dr. Brent Roussin over the holidays, said around 60 of Friday’s cases are related to First Nations in the province.
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350 new COVID-19 cases, 10 more deaths for Manitoba
JOHN WOODS / THE CANADIAN PRESS While our case numbers are getting better, we had 10 deaths today. And our hospitalization and ICU numbers still remain high, said Dr. Jazz Atwal, acting deputy Manitoba chief public health officer.
New COVID-19 infections climbed above 300 dashing a five-day streak of case counts in the 200-plus range while 10 more Manitobans died due to the disease, the province reported Friday.
New COVID-19 infections climbed above 300 dashing a five-day streak of case counts in the 200-plus range while 10 more Manitobans died due to the disease, the province reported Friday.
Dr. Jazz Atwal, acting deputy chief provincial public health officer, said 133 of 350 new cases detected were from the Winnipeg health region.
Posted: Dec 17, 2020 12:32 PM CT | Last Updated: December 17, 2020
There are 221 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba on Thursday.(Erik White/CBC) comments
Manitoba posted its lowest daily total of new COVID-19 cases in more than a month on Thursday, as well as the lowest five-day test-positivity rate since mid-November.
Public health officials announced 14 more deaths related to the illness, along with 221 new cases. That s the lowest single-day jump in cases since Nov. 3, when 103 new cases were reported.
The provincial test positivity fell to 13 per cent, down from 13.6 per cent and reaching its lowest level since Nov. 15. The rate in Winnipeg Thursday was 13.2 per cent.