2020 novel coronavirus bulletin – 320
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 01/20/2021 at 12:44 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.5 per cent provincially and 6.7 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on January 20, 2021, 154 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case was removed due to a data correction making the net-new cases 153 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 27,893.
Public health officials advise six additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
a male in his 50s from the Winnipeg health region;
a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Southeast Personal Care Home;
Winnipeg Free Press
Last Modified: 8:44 AM CST Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 | Updates
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Dr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial public health officer during the COVID update at the Manitoba Legislative building Monday afternoon.
Pandemic restrictions may be eased as early as this weekend, but the province’s top doctor is still urging Manitobans to keep up their guard, for fear the coronavirus could gain momentum once again.
Winnipeg Free Press
Pandemic restrictions may be eased as early as this weekend, but the province’s top doctor is still urging Manitobans to keep up their guard, for fear the coronavirus could gain momentum once again.
Manitoba is seeing an encouraging trend in COVID-19 cases and now the province s top doctor says he is eyeing a cautious and continuous reopening, but was mum on the details.
Posted: Jan 18, 2021 11:45 AM CT | Last Updated: January 18
Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin said information on the loosening of the code red restrictions in Manitoba will come this week.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Manitoba announced 118 cases of COVID-19 and four more deaths on Monday, the 11th consecutive day the province has recorded single-digit deaths.
The latest deaths are connected to current outbreaks, including a man in his 80s at the Rod McGillivary Memorial Care Home in Opaskwayak Cree Nation in the Northern Health Region.
The other three deaths are in the Winnipeg health region a man in his 60s linked to the outbreak at the Southeast Personal Care Home, a woman in her 70s linked to the outbreak at Concordia Place and a woman in her 80s linked to the outbreak at Health Sciences Centre WRS3.