Health officials have confirmed 13 new cases of more contagious coronavirus variants in Manitoba, including five new cases of the variant first identified in the United Kingdom and eight cases of the variant first found in South Africa.
Manitoba reports lowest daily COVID-19 case increase in months, with 45 new infections
Manitoba s five-day test positivity rate dropped to 4.6 per cent from five per cent on Tuesday, while Winnipeg s dipped to four per cent from 4.3 on Tuesday, the province says.
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Posted: Feb 24, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: February 24
A paramedic does a nasal swab at a drive-thru COVID-19 test site. Since early last February, Manitoba has done more than half a million tests for the illness.(Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
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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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)