WINNIPEG Winnipeggers who rely on southbound Salter Street as part of their commute may have to find a different route. Starting Monday at 7 a.m., the road is set to close down between Selkirk Avenue and Cathedral Avenue until the end of September. The city said the reason for this is a road renewal project. While southbound traffic will be blocked off, the city said northbound traffic will be cut back to one lane. Pedestrian access will be maintained, the city said. Individuals who take Winnipeg Transit are told to visit transit s website for re-route and schedule information.
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WINNIPEG People on multiple bus routes in Winnipeg may have been exposed to COVID-19 early last week. The province has added four Winnipeg Transit bus routes to its updated list of possible public exposures. It said the possible exposures happened on Route 16, or 18, or 60 and route 15 at the following times on April 19 and 20: 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. from Osborne Street and River Avenue to downtown, then to Air Canada Cargo at 2020 Sargent Avenue. Noon to 1 p.m. from Air Canada Cargo at 2020 Sargent Avenue to downtown, then to Osborne Street and River Avenue. The province added there may have been exposures that occurred on Route 16, or 18, or 60 at the following times on April 19 and 20:
April 24, 2021
COVID-19 BULLETIN #411
• a male in his 40s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region; and
• a male in his 80s from the Prairie Mountain health region and linked to the outbreak at the Russell Health Centre.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6.8 per cent provincially and 7.2 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 276 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 270 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 37,339.
The total number of more contagious coronavirus variant cases in Manitoba shot up by 108, bringing the total number to 1,309, according to the province s online dashboard. Of those, 558 are considered active.
The bulk of the active cases involve the B117 variant, which was first discovered in the U.K. There is also one active case of the P1 variant, which has become associated with Brazil.
Manitoba s five-day test positivity rate rose to 6.8 per cent, from 6.5 per cent on Friday. In Winnipeg, that rate jumped to 7.2 per cent from 6.8.
There are now 140 COVID-19 patients in hospital, the province said, down from 144 on Friday. Of those, 34 are in intensive care, down by one.
Manitoba novel coronavirus bulletin – 411
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 04/24/2021 at 12:40 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6.8 per cent provincially and 7.2 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on April 24, 2021, 276 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 270 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 37,339.
Public health officials advise that three new deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today:
a male in his 40s from the Winnipeg health region;
a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region; and