Who have provinces pegged to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks?
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As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks.
The military commander handling logistics for Canada’s vaccine distribution program says there will be enough vaccine delivered to give a first dose before Canada Day to every adult who wants one.
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin says that’s if provinces follow the advice to delay second doses up to four months.
He also cautions that it is dependent on having no production delays again.
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Those hot spots were selected based on public health data from the pandemic s second wave and the ongoing third wave. That data showed which parts of the province had high rates of COVID-19 transmission and where residents suffered more severe outcomes of the illness.
Some socio-economic factors, such as average income, profession and the number of Black, Indigenous or people of colour living in the area, were considered as well.
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boundaries announced Friday correspond with their respective health districts. They cover downtown Winnipeg, all of Point Douglas, a portion of the North End, as well as Inkster from Notre Dame Avenue to just south of the Maples neighbourhood.
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Manitoba’s COVID-19 numbers during the third wave continued their ascent in the wrong direction on Saturday as 276 new cases were identified and test positivity rates soared once again.
Manitoba’s test positivity rate is now at 6.8%, 1.7% higher than it was last Friday, and nearly 4% higher than it was a month ago. In Winnipeg, that number has climbed 2.3% during the same time frame, resting at 7.2% on Saturday.
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The province’s capital housed 183 of Saturday’s reported cases, with every health authority in the province recording at least double-digit cases. Prairie Mountain identified 34 new infections, with 27 in Southern Health, 21 in Northern Health and 11 in Interlake-Eastern also reported.