It was the fax that changed everything. I ll never forget that gut-wrenching feeling when the case came back positive, says River East Personal Care Home administrator Kim Rohm, thinking back to Nov. 12. We were surprised.
A couple of days earlier, one of the 120 residents experiencing possible symptoms of COVID-19 was tested. The symptoms disappeared the next day.
Then the fax arrived. We now had COVID in our building, Rohm says. The second case came shortly after. Then it ramped up quickly. I ll never forget that gut-wrenching feeling when the case came back positive, says River East Personal Care Home administrator Kim Rohm, thinking back to Nov. 12. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
2 new deaths, 135 new COVID-19 cases over last 2 days in Manitoba
Manitoba s test-positivity rate jumped to 5.1 per cent from 4.4 per cent on Saturday. The rate in Winnipeg increased to 4.3 per cent, up from 4 per cent.
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Posted: Apr 05, 2021 12:35 PM CT | Last Updated: April 5
There are two more deaths and 135 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba. (Evan Tsuyoshi Mitsui/CBC)
There are two more deaths and 135 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Manitoba, health officials announced.
Those numbers include cases confirmed by tests on Sunday, as well as Saturday, which weren t announced because of the Easter holiday.
By Matthew Dekker
Apr 5, 2021 11:35 AM
Public health officials advise that two additional deaths in people with COVID-19 are being reported today:
a female in her 60s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, and
a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.1 per cent provincially and 4.3 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 135 new cases of the virus have been identified including cases from the holiday Sunday and today. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 34,487.
Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
three cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
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The province is sharing how many new COVID-19 cases there are and other related information after taking a break for Easter Sunday.
Public health officials advise that two additional deaths in people with COVID-19 are being reported today:
a female in her 60s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, and
a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.1 per cent provincially and 4.3 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 135 new cases of the virus have been identified including cases from the holiday Sunday and today. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 34,487.