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Public health officials announced eight more deaths and 133 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoban on Thursday, snapping a two-day streak of cases numbers that fell below 100.
Nearly half of the new cases 61 came in the hard-hit Northern Health region. Winnipeg, meanwhile, had just 29 new infections, the lowest number in the capital since Oct. 17.
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Praire Mountain Health recorded a further 19 new cases while 17 additional cases were found in Interlake-Eastern and seven new cases were found in Southern Health.
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Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 01/28/2021 at 2:12 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 8.7 per cent provincially and 5.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on January 28, 2021, 133 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case has been removed due to a data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 132 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 29,128.
Public health officials advise eight additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
a female in her 80s from the Interlake–Eastern health region, linked to the outbreak at the Beausejour Hospital;
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Northern Manitoba continues to be the biggest driver of new COVID cases in the province as health orders in the south are set to loosen on Saturday morning.
For Dr. Jazz Atwal, acting deputy chief provincial public health officer, it is a stern reminder to not abuse the situation and act within the spirit of the order.
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“It’s going to be up to every single Manitoban to do those correct things,” he said. “This isn’t going to be about trying to skirt an order, to try to find a loophole in something. I think everyone understands what they need to do.”
11 more deaths, 111 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba as numbers lower in north
With daily case counts and test positivity rates moving in the right direction, the province is in a position to consider loosening current restrictions, Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Brent Roussin says.
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