Posted: Dec 15, 2020 12:38 PM CT | Last Updated: December 15, 2020
Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba s chief public health officer, says the fact the province has discouraged asymptomatic people from getting tested for COVID-19 may explain why the test positivity rate remains so high. The provincewide rate on Tuesday rose to 14.2 per cent.(John Woods/The Canadian Press)
Manitoba has passed 500 deaths from COVID-19 as the province added nine more to the total on Tuesday.
Health officials also announced 272 new cases of the illness Tuesday. The provincial test positivity rate rose to 14.2 per cent, the first time it has been above 14 per cent since Nov. 28.
Mary Corbett lives in a Winnipeg care home that has lost more than 10 per cent of its residents during a COVID-19 outbreak.
Mary Corbett lives in a Winnipeg care home that has lost more than 10 per cent of its residents during a COVID-19 outbreak.
Corbett, a former baker in Swan River who celebrated her 103rd birthday in July at Park Manor, is one of the lucky ones. She has recovered from a bout of the novel coronavirus and returned to her regular room, after being quarantined in another room for almost two weeks. The only real symptom she complained about was being sleepy, her daughter, Jackie Greig, said Thursday.