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The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate in Winnipeg is 6.2 per cent.
Public health officials advise two additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a female in her 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to the outbreak at Heritage Life Personal Care Home; and
• a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region and liked to the outbreak at Southeast Personal Care Home.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.3 per cent provincially and 6.2 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 173 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases were removed due to a data correction making the net-new cases 171 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 28,260.
By Matthew Dekker
Jan 22, 2021 6:37 PM
Public health officials advise two additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a female in her 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to the outbreak at Heritage Life Personal Care Home; and
• a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region and liked to the outbreak at Southeast Personal Care Home.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.3 per cent provincially and 6.2 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 173 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases were removed due to a data correction making the net-new cases 171 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 28,260.
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Posted on 01/22/2021 at 12:38 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.3 per cent provincially and 6.2 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on January 22, 2021, 173 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases were removed due to a data correction making the net-new cases 171 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 28,260.
Public health officials advise two additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
a female in her 80s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region, linked to the outbreak at Heritage Life Personal Care Home; and
Manitoba marks 173 new COVID-19 cases, two more deaths
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES At this point, it really depends on what happens over the next few weeks, acting deputy chief provincial public health officer Dr. Jazz Atwal said of the potential for lifting restrictions further.
As Manitobans prepare to get haircuts and host their favourite couple, starting Saturday, public health officials will be keeping a close eye on the COVID-19 numbers to see if pandemic restrictions can be further loosened.
As Manitobans prepare to get haircuts and host their favourite couple, starting Saturday, public health officials will be keeping a close eye on the COVID-19 numbers to see if pandemic restrictions can be further loosened.
11 more deaths, 111 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba as numbers lower in north
With daily case counts and test positivity rates moving in the right direction, the province is in a position to consider loosening current restrictions, Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Brent Roussin says.
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