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The variant first detected in the U.K. is becoming the dominant strain of the coronavirus in Manitoba. (Mary Altaffer / The Associated Press files)
A second pandemic death has been linked to a highly contagious COVID-19 variant, as the province announced the more infectious strain has spread into northern Manitoba.
A second pandemic death has been linked to a highly contagious COVID-19 variant, as the province announced the more infectious strain has spread into northern Manitoba.
The first confirmed case of the B.1.1.7 variant has been identified in the North, the provincial government announced in a news release Tuesday. The variant was first detected in the U.K. and is becoming the dominant strain of the coronavirus in Manitoba.
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WINNIPEG Public health officials announced 25 new COVID-19 variant cases in Manitoba on Wednesday. Of those, 22 are the B.1.1.7 variant – 21 in Winnipeg and one in the Prairie Mountain Health Region. Three cases have been uncategorized – two in Winnipeg and one in the Interlake-Eastern Health Region. There have been 261 cases of the B.1.1.7 variant, 20 cases of the B.1.351 variant, and 18 have not been categorized, for a total of 299. One death was also announced Wednesday. It was a man in his 90s from the Winnipeg area. The death toll is now 943. The province added another 109 cases of COVID-19, but two previously announced cases were removed due to a data correction. There have been 34,656 cases since March 2020.
2 new deaths, 135 new COVID-19 cases over last 2 days in Manitoba
Manitoba s test-positivity rate jumped to 5.1 per cent from 4.4 per cent on Saturday. The rate in Winnipeg increased to 4.3 per cent, up from 4 per cent.
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There are two more deaths and 135 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba. (Evan Tsuyoshi Mitsui/CBC)
There are two more deaths and 135 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Manitoba, health officials announced.
Those numbers include cases confirmed by tests on Sunday, as well as Saturday, which weren t announced because of the Easter holiday.