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Posted: Jan 29, 2021 4:13 PM CT | Last Updated: January 29
By next week, all 63 First Nations in the province will have started vaccinating people designated as a priority, the Manitoba First Nations COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team said Friday.(File photo from Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The First Nations population in Manitoba continues to be the hardest hit by COVID-19, with disproportionate infection rates, the Manitoba First Nations COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team said Friday.
The response team s Leona Star said in a weekly update that First Nations people currently make up 70 to 80 per cent of all active cases in the province, and have an 18 per cent test positivity rate.
Nearly 700 new cases of COVID-19 reported among First Nations people in Manitoba in past week
Manitoba First Nations continue to face a disproportionate impact from COVID-19, as officials say nearly 700 cases were reported among First Nations people in the past week.
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More than 95 per cent 63 in total of Manitoba First Nations have received their first shipments of COVID-19 vaccines, Dr. Marcia Anderson said Friday.(Mikaela MacKenzie/CP)
Manitoba First Nations continue to face a disproportionate impact from COVID-19, as officials say 691 cases were reported among First Nations people in the past week.