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Five COVID deaths, 138 new cases over weekend

Brandon Sun Posted: The province announced five new COVID-related deaths and 138 new cases of the virus during the weekend. Advertisement The dead include four people from the Winnipeg health region and one person from Interlake-Eastern. Northern health region led the pack in new cases with 59, followed by Winnipeg at 52 and Southern Health-Santé Sud with 13, while nine cases were found in Prairie Mountain Health and five were reported in Interlake-Eastern. There are now 891 active cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba, of which 21 are in Prairie Mountain Health  a number that lingers in the same ballpark it has been since mid-February. Provincially, this is the lowest active case count since Oct. 12, when there were 878 active cases.

Manitoba vaccine campaign marks new milestone as 100,000 doses have now been administered

Manitoba surpasses COVID-19 vaccine milestone with 100,000 doses administered

  WINNIPEG Manitoba reached a vaccination milestone on Saturday, with 100,000 doses administered, according to Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson. The milestone comes one year this month after the first Manitoban died from the virus and three months removed from the start of the vaccination campaign that began on December 16 of last year. The first vaccination clinic was for healthcare workers and took place at the University of Manitoba s Bannatyne campus. Health Science Centre physician Brian Penner got the first shot. I m very fortunate and it s a luck of the draw as to how I got here and it was not expected, said Penner at the time.

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