Posted: Mar 15, 2021 10:58 AM CT | Last Updated: March 15
Manitoba has increasing numbers of more contagious COVID-19 variants.(CBC) comments
The number of more contagious coronavirus variant cases has nearly doubled in Manitoba.
Another 18 cases of the more contagious B117 variant originally detected in the U.K. have been identified, Dr. Brent Roussin, chief public health officer for Manitoba, said at a news conference Monday. One is in the Interlake and 17 are in Winnipeg.
He also announced 50 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Monday. No deaths were announced, leaving the death toll due to COVID-19 at 917 in Manitoba.
The test positivity rate is creeping up again. It s at 4.8 per cent in Manitoba and 3.5 per cent in Winnipeg.
WINNIPEG Winnipeggers could be enjoying a bus to the beach soon as the Winnipeg Transit Master Plan proposes a route to Birds Hill Park. On Thursday, the plan was presented at the Standing Policy Committee on Infrastructure, Renewal, and Public Works meeting. The 90-page document proposes a new transit network in the city that would make the system more frequent, reliable, and faster. Winnipeg Transit is how many people in the city commute, and for Curt Barz, who doesn t have a personal vehicle, it s now he gets everywhere. I take the bus easily a couple times a day, said Barz. Sometimes half a dozen times a day to go to and from work, and anywhere else in particular, running errands.
Manitoba public health officials reported one additional death due to COVID-19 on Sunday as well as 44 new cases. It was less than half of the new cases…
1 more death, 44 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Sunday
The province is reporting that the public may have been exposed to a variant of concern on board a Winnipeg Transit bus two weeks ago.
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Posted: Mar 14, 2021 12:28 PM CT | Last Updated: March 14
Manitoba s five-day test-positivity rate rose to 4.5 per cent on Sunday, up from 4.2 per cent on Saturday. In Winnipeg, the rate is 3.1 per cent, up from 2.9 per cent. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)