534 new COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths reported in Manitoba on Sunday cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In the spirit of the Easter celebrations, Arik Air has donated sundry items to Old People’s Homes, Orphanages and Internally Displaced People (IDP) camps across the country.
The donations, which was in line with the airline’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), included food items like rice, beans, noodles, spaghetti, beverages, detergents and bed sheets.
The beneficiaries of the items were Holy Family Home for the Elderly (Regina Mundi Catholic Church, Mushin Lagos); The Amazing Grace Foundation Old People’s Home, Kado, Abuja; Jesus Orphanage & Widow’s Home, Elelenwo, Port Harcourt; Hope Motherless Babies Home, Idofian, Kwara State; Malkohi IDP camp Yola; and Uhogua IDP camp, Benin City.
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The variant first detected in the U.K. is becoming the dominant strain of the coronavirus in Manitoba. (Mary Altaffer / The Associated Press files)
A second pandemic death has been linked to a highly contagious COVID-19 variant, as the province announced the more infectious strain has spread into northern Manitoba.
A second pandemic death has been linked to a highly contagious COVID-19 variant, as the province announced the more infectious strain has spread into northern Manitoba.
The first confirmed case of the B.1.1.7 variant has been identified in the North, the provincial government announced in a news release Tuesday. The variant was first detected in the U.K. and is becoming the dominant strain of the coronavirus in Manitoba.
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Health officials say more than half of Tuesday s new COVID-19 cases are from Winnipeg.
The province says there are 89 new cases of COVID-19 in Winnipeg. There are currently 600 active cases of COVID-19 in Winnipeg with 17,994 recoveries. They say 675, people, or 3.5 per cent of all 19,269 Winnipeg cases, have died. These deaths include Tuesday s announcement of a man in his 80s linked to the outbreak at Holy Family Home and a man in his 60s who contracted the B.1.1.7 variant of concern. The man in his 60s is the second variant of concern death in Winnipeg. Winnipeg s five-day test positivity rate is 5.7 per cent.
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