WINNIPEG The province reported 58 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba Sunday, the lowest number in almost two weeks. Of the new infections, 25 are in Northern Health, 24 in Winnipeg, five in Southern Health and four in Interlake-Eastern, according to the COVID-19 bulletin. For a second day in a row, there were no new infections in Prairie Mountain Health. Cases have continued to trend downwards in much of the province. The last time numbers were this low was February 8, when the Manitoba government identified 53 cases. Public health officials announced the deaths of two Manitobans on Sunday. A man in his 70s from Southern Health, whose case was linked to an outbreak at Heritage Life Personal Care home in Niverville, Man., along with a woman in her 80s from Winnipeg.
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By Ryan Young
Feb 3, 2021 6:34 PM
Public health officials advise three additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region; and
• a female in her 90s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to the outbreak at Heritage Life Personal Care Home.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6.9 per cent provincially and 3.9 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 126 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 125 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 29,858.
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Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 02/03/2021 at 12:59 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6.9 per cent provincially and 3.9 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on February 3, 2021, 126 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 125 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 29,858.
Public health officials advise three additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region;
a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region; and
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The province is updating the total number of COVID-19 deaths after reviewing data.
Public health officials advise three additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region; and
• a female in her 90s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region, linked to the outbreak at Heritage Life Personal Care Home.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6.9 per cent provincially and 3.9 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 126 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 125 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 29,858.