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Meanwhile, Liberal leader Dougald Lamont called for more drastic action.
“The Manitoba government needs a “circuit breaker” of new restrictions to reduce contacts, including closing schools except for essential workers,” Lamont said on Thursday.
A net total of 357 cases was added after six were removed due to data correction and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is now 40,442. That total includes 2,732 active cases, 36,742 recoveries and 986 deaths.
Winnipeg is host to the vast majority of new infections with 263, there were 34 reported in the North, 28 in Prairie Mountain, 23 in the south and 15 in the Interlake.
There is now 3,003 variant of concern cases in the province an increase of 214 from Wednesday. Of those 1,025 are active (up from 956 the day before) and there have been 16 deaths linked to VOCs.
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As Manitoba’s third wave of COVID-19 turns into a tsunami, the premier and health minister failed Thursday to address pressing issues or provide reassurance to weary Manitobans 14 months into a global pandemic.
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As Manitoba’s third wave of COVID-19 turns into a tsunami, the premier and health minister failed Thursday to address pressing issues or provide reassurance to weary Manitobans 14 months into a global pandemic.
By Matthew Dekker
May 6, 2021 | 11:42 AM
Public health officials advise that four new deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today:
• a female in her 50s from the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• a male in his 50s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern;
• a male in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern; and
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.1 per cent provincially and 10.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 363 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, six cases have been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 357 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 40,442.