For the first time in months, Manitoba has reported less than 100 new cases of COVID-19 in a day. The province reported 90 net new cases, including nine northern cases and a new case in the Flin Flon health district.
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 . . .
One new death, an increase in cases on both sides of the border and vaccines trickling their way into the north - there s a lot of new information on the COVID-19 front. Another person in northern Manitoba has died from COVID-19, reported by the province as a man in his 70s in the Grand Rapids/Misipawistik/Moose Lake/Mosakahiken/Easterville/Chemawawin district. article continues below
Trending Stories The district was one of the region s hotspots for COVID-19 late last year, but cases and restrictions imposed by the band appear to have stopped a full-blown outbreak at Mosakahiken Cree Nation. The district is now down to having one active case of the disease after reporting a total of 192 cases - four people in the district have died from COVID-19 and 187 people have recovered.
Out of the new cases reported, the most cases in one district were found in the Cross Lake/Pimickamak district, where 22 new cases were reported Thursday. Another nine cases were found in the Island Lake district - likely tied to the ongoing community spread in Red Sucker Lake. Four new cases were found in the Thompson/Mystery Lake district. Not all the news on new cases is bad. Five northern districts, including the Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry Portage/Sherridon district, saw their active cases numbers drop. The Bunibonibee/Oxford House/Manto Sipi/Gods River/Gods Lake district saw the biggest drop, going to 171 active cases from 176 Wednesday. The Pas/OCN/Kelsey also saw a modest decline, with three more previously active cases now reported as recovered. Three other districts saw cases decline by one case each.
There were also five new cases announced in the Lynn Lake/Marcel Colomb/Leaf Rapids/South Indian Lake/Granveile health district. The Town of Lyn Lake said Jan. 5 that the first six cases of the virus in that community had been confirmed and that all the people who tested positive were self-isolating. Other northern health districts reporting new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday included the Bay Line district and The Pas/Opaskwayak/Kelsey district with four cases each, the Cross Lake/Pimicikamak district with two and three other districts with one new case each. A woman in her 40s from the Lynn Lake/Marcel Colomb/Leaf Rapids/South Indian Lake/Granveile health district is the north s latest death as a result of COVID-19, according to the province s online COVID-19 dashboard, one of 10 new deaths announced Jan. 6. In total, 705 Manitobans have died as a result of the virus. Despite the additional death of a northerner, the province’s online dashboard continues to list the number of