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After two consecutive days of double-digit new cases in the province, Manitoba public health officials announced a return to triple-digit new infections with 126 new cases on Wednesday.
A good chunk of those come in Northern Health with 55 new cases, followed by 32 additional cases in Winnipeg and 24 in Interlake-Eastern. Southern Health and Prairie Mountain each recorded single-digit days with eight and seven new infections, respectively.
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Manitoba’s test positivity rate plummeted further on Wednesday, down to 6.9%, a 0.7% decrease compared to Tuesday. It’s the lowest the provincial test positivity rate has been since Oct. 25. The province has seen 29,858 total cases since last March as it creeps toward 30,000.
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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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
Winnipeg Free Press
Last Modified: 7:59 PM CST Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 | Updates
Winnipeg Free Press
Manitobans gathering for Super bowl touchdowns as well as those hoping for a touchy Valentine s Day are being urged to respect the province s COVID-19 restrictions.
The province s trajectory is improving, but everyone must do their part to keep it that way including football fans, cupid-struck singletons and children exchanging cards, Manitoba s deputy chief public health officer Dr. Jazz Atwal said Wednesday. People need to stay home if they are sick. You need to continue to wear a mask, wash your hands, cough into your elbow, Atwal said.
When an email from the personal care home where Marie Tremblay’s mother lives landed in her inbox with the subject line “holiday season visitation,” her mind started racing.
When an email from the personal care home where Marie Tremblay’s mother lives landed in her inbox with the subject line holiday season visitation, her mind started racing.
Tremblay’s mom is a resident at Park Manor Personal Care Home in Transcona, where an outbreak of COVID-19 has infected 73 residents and 37 staff. Twenty-two residents have died due to the disease. They’ve asked families not to go in there during COVID; it’s bad enough with staff getting it. So, I haven’t gone in to visit her since the lockdown, Tremblay said Friday.