WINNIPEG Cases of COVID-19 have spiked in the Southern Health Region, as Manitoba reported more cases and deaths on Friday. Of the 81 new cases reported in the province on Friday, 28 were in the Southern Health Region. This is a significant spike from Thursday when only three cases were reported. The majority of the cases in the region were in the Altona area. The majority of those cases reported today were household contacts, so were already isolating and became cases, said Dr. Brent Roussin, the chief provincial public health officer. He said the province would be following the situation in the Southern health region. He said the goal is to have public health measures stop the transmission chain where it is.
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Dr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial public health officer during the COVID update at the Manitoba Legislative building Monday afternoon.
Pandemic restrictions may be eased as early as this weekend, but the province’s top doctor is still urging Manitobans to keep up their guard, for fear the coronavirus could gain momentum once again.
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Pandemic restrictions may be eased as early as this weekend, but the province’s top doctor is still urging Manitobans to keep up their guard, for fear the coronavirus could gain momentum once again.
Posted: Jan 18, 2021 11:45 AM CT | Last Updated: January 18
Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin said information on the loosening of the code red restrictions in Manitoba will come this week.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Manitoba announced 118 cases of COVID-19 and four more deaths on Monday, the 11th consecutive day the province has recorded single-digit deaths.
The latest deaths are connected to current outbreaks, including a man in his 80s at the Rod McGillivary Memorial Care Home in Opaskwayak Cree Nation in the Northern Health Region.
The other three deaths are in the Winnipeg health region a man in his 60s linked to the outbreak at the Southeast Personal Care Home, a woman in her 70s linked to the outbreak at Concordia Place and a woman in her 80s linked to the outbreak at Health Sciences Centre WRS3.