WINNIPEG The Northern Health Region continues to feel the full impact of COVID-19, as Manitoba announced 198 new cases on Thursday, 105 coming from the north. Winnipeg was the next closest with 54 new cases, 17 cases are from the Prairie Mountain Health Region, 13 cases from the Southern Health Region, and nine cases are from the Interlake-Eastern Health Region. There have been 28,089 cases since the start of the pandemic. Officials did remove two previously announced cases from the list due to a data correction. The five-day test positivity rate is 6.6 per cent in Winnipeg and 9.2 per cent in Manitoba. The province also announced five new deaths, bringing the death toll to 793.
WINNIPEG Health officials in Manitoba announced 12 new deaths related to COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 717. The youngest death on the day was a man in his 30s from the Northern Health Region. Two deaths came from the Prairie Mountain Health Region, including a man in his 60s and a woman in her 90s from the Fairview Personal Care Home outbreak. There was one death from the Southern Health Region, a woman in her 60s. The other eight deaths are from the Winnipeg area including: A woman in her 50s; A woman in her 60s linked to the outbreak at Convalescent Home of Winnipeg;
WINNIPEG Health officials in Manitoba announced that the province has added 10 new deaths linked to COVID-19, pushing the death toll over 700 since March on Wednesday. Eight of the new deaths are from the Winnipeg area, three of which are due to the outbreak at the Seven Oaks Hospital in unit 4U8-12. They include a woman in her 80s, a man in his 80s, and a woman in her 90s. Another death, a man in his 70s, is linked to the outbreak at the Golden Links Lodge. The remaining four deaths are a man in his 80s, two women in their 90s, and a man in his 90s, and are not linked to any outbreaks.