2020 novel coronavirus bulletin – 321
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 01/21/2021 at 12:41 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.2 per cent provincially and 6.6 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on January 21, 2021, 198 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases were removed due to a data correction, making the net new cases 196 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 28,089.
Public health officials advise five additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
a female in her 60s from the Northern health region;
a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Poseidon Care Centre.