80 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths in Manitoba on Sunday
The province s five-day test positivity rate rose to 5.2 per cent, up from five on Saturday. In Winnipeg, the rate is now 3.9 per cent, up from 3.8.
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Posted: Feb 14, 2021 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: February 14
A health-care worker puts a swab in a tube after taking a nasal sample for a COVID-19 test in this file photo. Manitoba s five-day test positivity rate has been trending downward lately and has hovered around five per cent all week.(Arnulfo Franco/The Associated Press)
Manitoba announced five more deaths due to COVID-19 on Sunday, including three linked to outbreaks at personal care homes. That brings the total number of…
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For the first time since last October, the province has recorded consecutive days with fewer than 100 new cases of COVID-19.
Public health officials announced 95 new cases of the virus in Manitoba on Wednesday. There were 94 new infections on Tuesday. It’s the first time since Oct. 18-19 that the province has stayed under the century mark for new cases.
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Of the 95 cases, 87 come from Winnipeg (44) and Northern Health (43). Three new cases were found in the Prairie Mountain Health region and three in Southern Health. Interlake-Eastern, which posted a shutout on Tuesday, had an additional two new cases on Wednesday.