Northern Manitoba reported 84 of the province s 191 new cases on Friday.
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Posted: Jan 15, 2021 10:01 AM CT | Last Updated: January 15
A health-care worker puts a nasal swab in a tube after doing a COVID-19 test. Cases of the illness continue to rise in northern Manitoba, which on Friday reported the largest proportion of the province s new cases for the third straight day.(Arnulfo Franco/The Associated Press)
Northern Manitoba reported 84 of the province s 191 new cases on Friday.
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CBC News ·
Posted: Jan 15, 2021 10:01 AM CT | Last Updated: January 15
A health-care worker puts a nasal swab in a tube after doing a COVID-19 test. Cases of the illness continue to rise in northern Manitoba, which on Friday reported the largest proportion of the province s new cases for the third straight day.(Arnulfo Franco/The Associated Press)
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At almost 109, just call her Wonder Woman
Wilhelmina Klimpke, who survived the Spanish flu and lived through two world wars, battled COVID-19 at the Charleswood Care Centre. and won By: Jason Bell | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021
Winnipeg Free Press
Wilhelmina Klimpke acknowledged a year ago that it was time for her to slip away peacefully.
Yet Klimpke, who fought off COVID-19 recently and is eating and sitting up in her chair again, turns 109 in less than a month. We ve kind of referred to her as the iron lady, Joy Moore, Klimpke s daughter, said Tuesday. She seems to pull through these things.
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Public Health officials are asking Manitobans to continue to make short-term sacrifices to create long-term COVID-19 success.
Public health officials advise five additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
a male in his 50s from the Northern health region;
a male in his 80s from Prairie Mountain Health region and linked to the outbreak at the McCreary/Alonsa Health Centre;
a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Southeast Personal Care Home;
a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region; and