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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.

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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 activ...

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...

I say this every year, but it doesn’t make it any less true: I’ve left a lot on the table this year. So many people stepped up and did incredible things in 2020. There were thousands of people who achieved amazing things, faced the pandemic battle on the front lines, gave back, received awards and impacted lives. I try to do 100 new names every year and not repeat any from previous lists. That said, I’ve still got dozens of names to carry forward to next year. Please stay safe and look af...

Of the provinces 155 new cases, 27 were located in the Northern Health Region. Another 26 recoveries were reported in the region and one case previously reported within the NHR was moved, keeping the region at 897 active cases. Districts with the highest case numbers remain the Shamattawa/York Factory/Tataskweyak/Split Lake district (282 active cases), the Island Lake district (234 active cases) and the Bunibonibee/Oxford House/Manto Sipi/Gods River/Gods Lake district (160 active cases, inc...

Manitoba health officials gave the province an early Christmas gift of sorts Dec. 21 - the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in almost two months. The province reported 166 net new cases of COVID-19 on the shortest day of the year, including 25 cases within the Northern Health Region. Four deaths were reported Monday due to COVID-19, each from southern Manitoba communities. article continues below Trending Stories Within the district of Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry Portage/Sherridon, on...

Four new deaths related to the virus were announced Dec. 21, bringing the total number of COVID deaths in Manitoba to 572. The five-day test positivity rate of 11.5 per cent was also the lowest it has been since Remembrance Day, when it was 11 per cent. There were 25 new cases of the virus in the province’s north, which has had 1,850 total cases since the pandemic began. There are 897 active cases in the region as of Monday, including 282 in the Shamattawa/York Factory/Tataskweyak/Split La...

The regions with the highest amount of growth were the Bunibonibee/Oxford House/Manto Sipi/Gods River/Gods Lake and the Island Lake district. In the Bunibonibee district, 23 more active cases were reported Thursday, bringing the district up to 102 active cases. Island Lake - where most cases are tied to the community of Red Sucker Lake - now has 193 active cases and counting, reporting 20 new cases and a net increase of 14 cases. The district with the most cases continues to be the Shamatta...

The Northern Regional Health Authority (NRHA) learned Dec. 17 of individuals from the medical/surgical/pediatric unit at Thompson General Hospital who had tested positive for COVID-19, said an NRHA spokesperson. Public health declared an outbreak in that unit and immediately began contact tracing and management of the cases. “As a precaution, all patients on the unit will be tested,” the spokesperson said. The unit is complying with all restrictions and guidelines in place under the red/...