2020 novel coronavirus bulletin – 290
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 12/19/2020 at 12:42 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 13.2 per cent provincially and 12 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 19, 2020, 238 new cases of the virus have been identified, which brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 22,630.
Public health officials advise nine additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today, including:
a female in her 70s from the Interlake-Eastern health region;
a female in her 60s from the Northern health region;
a female in her 70s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud region, linked to an outbreak at Morris General Hospital;
Article content
New cases of COVID-19 surged past 300 in the province for the first time in six days on Friday, due in large part to a swath of new cases on First Nations in Northern Manitoba.
There were 350 new cases reported by public health officials, including 89 in Northern Manitoba. Dr. Jazz Atwal, acting deputy chief provincial public health officer who is spelling Dr. Brent Roussin over the holidays, said around 60 of Friday’s cases are related to First Nations in the province.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.
Try refreshing your browser, or Northern Manitoba, First Nations hit hard by COVID-19 Back to video
Six of the deaths announced Friday are connected to outbreaks. In addition to the death at the Morris General Hospital, there were deaths connected to the Kin Place care home in the Interlake-Eastern region, the Gilbert Plains personal care home, Salem Home in Winkler, the Charleswood Care Centre and the Convalescent Home of Winnipeg.
No adverse reactions to vaccine
Friday s briefing happened hours after the provincial government announced it is preparing to receive a second batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, opening up appointments for 900 additional health-care workers starting next week.
The first 900 Manitobans to be vaccinated, all health workers, started getting shots on Wednesday of this week. At the 12:30 p.m. briefing, Atwal said nearly 600 of those workers had received the vaccine, with the rest expected to receive it by the end of the day.
2020 novel coronavirus bulletin – 289
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 12/18/2020 at 12:38 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 13.6 per cent provincially and 13.1 in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 18, 2020, 350 new cases of the virus have been identified and brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 22,397.
Public health officials advise 10 additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
a male in his 40s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region;
a male in his 50s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region, linked to the outbreak at the Morris General Hospital;
a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region;
Article continues below advertisement ↴
Another ten Manitobans have died with COVID-19. Today s death toll includes:
a male in his 40s from the Southern Health region;
a male in his 50s from the Southern Health region, linked to the outbreak at the Morris General Hospital;
a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region;
a female in her 70s from the Southern Health region;
a female in her 80s from the Interlake–Eastern health region, linked to the outbreak at Kin Place;
a male in his 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to the outbreak at the Gilbert Plains personal care home;