Four northern health districts recorded double-digit increases in COVID-19 cases Jan. 14 and the region had 139 new cases overall, more than Winnipeg and the other three health regions in the . . .
A day after reporting only nine new cases of COVID-19, the Northern Regional Health Authority had 70 new cases announced Jan. 13, more than any other region in the province, including Winnipeg. . . .
Vaccination of Northern Manitoba First Nations people against COVID-19 has begun with the first doses of the Moderna vaccinearriving in Norway house Cree Nation and Cross Lake Jan. 7. Pimicikamak. . .
The number of new daily cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba is beginning to stabilize and decline but the Northern Regional Health Authority (NRHA) is seeing a surge related to outbreaks in . . .
Eleven other deaths were also announced on Thursday, taking the total number of Manitobans who have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began to 717. Seven previously announced cases were removed from provincial totals due to data corrections, so the net increase in COVID cases on Thursday was 201 and the provincial five-day test positivity rate was below 10 per cent from the first time since early November at 9.9 per cent. The number of active COVID cases in the Northern Regional Health Authority is now at 1,016 and there have been 2,281 cases in the region since the pandemic began. Acting deputy chief public health officer Dr. Jazz Atwal said at a media briefing Jan. 7 that the northern cases included some that were confirmations of rapid tests and that about three-quarters of them were from First Nations.