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Frank Catanzano of Murrysville poses during a MAGA Meet Up event in near the new Murrysville Trump Victory Office on Saturday, Aug. 22.
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2020 novel coronavirus bulletin – 296
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 12/27/2020 at 12:45 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 12.1 per cent provincially and 12.5 per cent in Winnipeg. Between 9:30am on December 24 and 9:30am on December 27, 2020, 524 new cases of the virus have been identified, which brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 24,145.
Public health officials advise 28 additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today for the period from Dec. 24 to 27 including:
a female in her 30s from the Winnipeg health region;
a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region;
a male in his 60s from the Northern health region;
By Ryan Young
Dec 27, 2020 6:42 PM
Public health officials advise 28 additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today for the period from Dec. 24 to 27 including:
• a female in her 30s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a male in his 60s from the Northern health region;
• a male in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a male in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at Poseidon Care Centre;
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at Poseidon Care Centre;
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Manitoba public health officials announced Sunday 28 additional deaths due to COVID-19 over the Christmas holiday covering the period from Christmas Eve until Sunday. That brings the total of deaths in Manitoba since the start of the pandemic to 645, including 333 in the month of December and 576 since the beginning of November.
Over 500 new cases were identified from testing carried out since Christmas Eve. The province had not released numbers on Christmas Day or Boxing Day.
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Care home says COVID-19 deaths higher than province reported
It was another dark day in Manitoba with 18 lives reported lost to COVID-19.
While the province reported Tuesday that seven of those deaths were connected to an outbreak at Winnipeg s Extendicare Oakview Place, the company that owns the personal care home said the death toll there is much higher. We are saddened to confirm that 12 residents who have previously tested positive for COVID-19 have passed away, Laura Gallant, a spokeswoman for Extendicare said late Tuesday. We have been in touch with these residents’ families to offer our heartfelt condolences, she said in an email to the