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For the first time since last October, the province has recorded consecutive days with fewer than 100 new cases of COVID-19.
Public health officials announced 95 new cases of the virus in Manitoba on Wednesday. There were 94 new infections on Tuesday. It’s the first time since Oct. 18-19 that the province has stayed under the century mark for new cases.
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Of the 95 cases, 87 come from Winnipeg (44) and Northern Health (43). Three new cases were found in the Prairie Mountain Health region and three in Southern Health. Interlake-Eastern, which posted a shutout on Tuesday, had an additional two new cases on Wednesday.
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Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 01/27/2021 at 12:39 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.6 per cent provincially and 6.1 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on January 27, 2021, 95 new cases of the virus have been identified, However, one case has been removed due to data correction and brings to net-new case total to 94. The number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 28,996.
Public health officials advise four additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
a female in her 70s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region;
a male in his 70s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region;
By Ryan Young
Jan 27, 2021 6:36 PM
Public health officials advise four additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a female in her 70s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region;
• a male in his 70s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region;
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region; and
• a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Concordia Place Personal Care Home.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.6 per cent provincially and 6.1 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 95 new cases of the virus have been identified, However, one case has been removed due to data correction and brings to net-new case total to 94. The number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 28,996.
The city of Portage la Prairie had 38 active cases of COVID-19 in the community as of Monday to go along with the 31 active cases listed in rural Portage as…
Author of the article: Scott Billeck
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Manitoba’s top doctor is being cautiously optimistic regarding declining numbers in both the province and its capital.
Dr. Brent Roussin, the province’s chief provincial public health officer, reported 133 new cases in Manitoba on Monday, including just 47 in Winnipeg the lowest single-day number in months. Winnipeg’s test positivity rate also plummeted to 8.8%, still high, but down nearly 2% from last week.