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Manitoba recorded its lowest number of new cases in a week, but test positivity rates across the province grew again on Tuesday.
There were 335 new cases reported by public health, the lowest since May 11, but the provincial test positivity rate increased to 13%, up from 12.7%, the highest it’s been since mid-December of last year.
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The province conducted 2,893 tests on Monday, the lowest total since May 5. There have been 728,129 tests completed since February 2020.
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Families demand new inquiries into hospitals treatment of loved ones Coroner Karine Spénard recused herself from an ongoing case after the deceased s family expressed a lack of confidence in her impartiality.
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Publishing date: May 17, 2021 • 4 hours ago • 4 minute read • Gilda Macarine s mother, Candida Macarine, was found dead on the floor by nurses at the Lakeshore General Hospital on Feb. 27, 2021. She had been admitted two hours earlier in respiratory distress and was put in a room nurses had flagged as difficult to monitor. Photo by Dave Sidaway /Montreal Gazette
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The coroner investigating the death of an 86-year-old woman at the Lakeshore General Hospital has recused herself from the case, after the family of the woman expressed concerns about the appearance of a conflict of interest.