WINNIPEG Nearly two dozen of Manitoba’s health-care workers tested positive for COVID-19 in the span of one week. According to the province’s latest COVID-19 and seasonal influenza surveillance report from Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, a total of 1,898 of Manitoba’s health-care workers have contracted the disease since the pandemic began. This is 23 more workers than the province reported the week before. The report shows that 1,876 of these health-care workers have recovered, and two have died from COVID-19. Of these nearly 1,900 workers, 1,105 are allied heath, health professionals and support staff, 535 are nurses/licensed practical nurses, 71 are physicians/physicians in training, and 39 are first responders. The occupations of 148 of the health-care workers are not identified.
Nearly 1,900 of Manitoba’s health-care workers have contracted COVID-19 since the pandemic began, 30 of whom tested positive in the last week of January.
WINNIPEG Nearly 50 more of Manitoba’s health-care workers have contracted COVID-19. According to the province’s latest COVID-19 and seasonal influenza surveillance report from Jan. 17 to 23, 1,845 health workers have contracted the disease since the beginning of the pandemic. This is 48 more cases than in the province’s previous surveillance report. The report notes that two of these health-care workers have died and 1,808 have recovered from the disease. The report shows that 57.7 per cent of these workers are allied health and support staff, 28.7 per cent are nurses/licensed practical nurses, 3.8 per cent are physicians/physicians in training, and 2.1 per cent are first responders. For 7.6 per cent of these cases, their occupation has not been identified.
WINNIPEG According to the province’s latest COVID-19 and seasonal influenza surveillance report, which covers Dec. 13 to 19, since the start of the pandemic, 1,485 health-care workers have contracted the disease. This is 137 more cases than Manitoba reported in the week before. Of these nearly 1,500 workers, 853 are allied health and support staff; 426 are nurses/licensed practical nurses; 57 are physician/physicians in training; and 29 are first responders. The province did not identify the professions of 120 of the workers. As for how the health-care workers contracted the disease, the majority (58.6 per cent) got it from close contact with a known case and 0.9 per cent from travel. For 11.8 per cent of the cases the source of infection is still being investigating and for 28.8 per cent it is unknown.