119 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths in Manitoba on Sunday
Manitoba s five-day test positivity rate is up by a small margin to 7.9 per cent, the release says, while Winnipeg s is up by an even smaller margin to 4.5 per cent.
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Posted: Jan 31, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: January 31
A health-care worker takes a nose swab from someone for a COVID-19 test in this file photo. Manitoba has completed more than 475,000 tests for the illness since last February.(Francisco Seco/The Associated Press)
WINNIPEG The deaths of three more people from Winnipeg have been linked to COVID-19, as cases continue to rise in the Northern Health Region. On Friday, the province said the most recent deaths include a woman in her 30s, a woman in her 50s, and a woman in her 80s whose death is linked to the outbreak at Concordia Place Personal Care Home. These cases bring the total number of deaths related to COVID-19 in Manitoba to 823, though one previously reported death was removed due to a data error. Health officials said the death was a woman in her 80s from the Interlake-Eastern Health Region, and was not related to COVID-19.
WINNIPEG Manitoba added eight new COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, and the death toll now sits at 821. Six of the deaths are from the Winnipeg area and all of them are women. One was in her 60s, another was in her 70s and linked to the outbreak at Southeast Personal Care Home. Four were in their 90s, one from the St. Norbert Personal Care Home outbreak, two from the Charleswood Care Centre outbreak, and the last was connected to the outbreak at the Convalescent Home of Winnipeg. The other two deaths were women in their 80s, one from the Interlake-Eastern Health Region from the Beausejour Hospital outbreak, and the other is from the Southern Health Region and connected to the outbreak at the Heritage Life Personal Care Home.
WINNIPEG For the second consecutive day, Manitoba s new COVID-19 case count has been below 100. Health officials announced 95 new cases on Wednesday, bringing the total to 28,996 since the start of the pandemic. The five-day test positivity rate is 9.6 per cent in Manitoba and 6.1 per cent in Winnipeg. The Winnipeg Health Region had 44 new cases, the Northern Health Region had 43, both the Prairie Mountain Health Region and the Southern Health Region had three new cases each, and two new cases were in the Interlake-Eastern Health Region. Officials did note one previously announced case was removed due to a data correction. The province also added four new deaths linked to COVID-19, and now the death toll sits at 813.
WINNIPEG Health officials announced five new deaths linked to COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 809. Four of the deaths are from the Winnipeg area, including a man in his 70s, a man in his 80s, a woman in her 80s from the Seven Oaks General Hospital 5U1-3 outbreak, and a man in his 90s connected to the outbreak at Fred Douglas Lodge. The other death was a woman in her 90s from the Prairie Mountain Health Region who was part of the Fairview Personal Care Home outbreak. Officials also said there are 94 new cases, bringing the total to 28,902 since the start of the pandemic.