Manitoba Reports 292 New Cases Of COVID-19, 241 Recoveries And 15 Deaths
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Manitoba adds additional 15 deaths linked to coronavirus
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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.
2020 novel coronavirus bulletin – 287
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Posted on 12/16/2020 at 12:38 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 13.6 per cent provincially and 13.7 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 16, 2020, 292 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case was removed due to a data correction making the net total 291 and brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 21,826.
Public health officials advise 15 additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
a male in his 40s from the Winnipeg health region;
a female in her 40s from the Interlake-Eastern health region, linked to outbreak at Kin Place;