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Last Modified: 6:30 PM CST Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020 | Updates
As Manitoba reported 15 more deaths and 201 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the province s acting deputy chief public health officer made no apologies for repeating the same message again and again.
As Manitoba reported 15 more deaths and 201 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the province s acting deputy chief public health officer made no apologies for repeating the same message again and again. I say it again and I ll say it as much as I need to: stay at home, Dr. Jazz Atwal told a media briefing as he warned about the potential to spread the virus over the holidays. There are people of all ages and walks of life who are at risk of severe outcomes if they catch it, he said.
WINNIPEG Manitoba’s deputy chief public health officer said the province is entering a critical situation in the COVID-19 pandemic this holiday season, as the province’s death toll pushed past 600. On Wednesday, Dr. Jazz Atwal, acting deputy chief provincial public health officer, announced 15 new deaths which bring Manitoba s total death toll to 605 since the pandemic first hit the province in March. He reminded people about the importance of staying home and not gathering over the holidays. “This holiday season will be a make-or-break in our COVID outlook for 2021,” Atwal said. “I’d like to wish everyone a happy, healthy holiday season, but as I’ve said before, don’t let holiday celebrations bring risk or harm to anyone.”
WINNIPEG Manitoba health officials are reporting nine new COVID-19 deaths and 238 new cases of the disease. Announced in the province s daily COVID-19 bulletin on Saturday, six of the deaths are from Winnipeg. A woman in her 70s and a woman in her 80s, both linked to an outbreak at Fred Douglas Lodge, died of COVID-19. One person linked to an outbreak at Park Manor Care Home, a woman in her 90s, died. A woman in her 50s, a woman in her 80s and a man in his 80s, all from Winnipeg, died of the virus too. In the Interlake-Eastern health region, a woman in her 70s died.
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.
This pushes the death toll to 523 since the start of the pandemic. Dr. Brent Roussin, the chief provincial public health officer, said of the new deaths, 10 are from the Winnipeg area. The list includes: A woman in her 50s linked to the Concordia Hospital unit in unit N3W; A man in his 60s; A woman in her 70s connected to the Charleswood Care Centre; A man and a woman in their 70s, both from the St. Norbert Personal Care Home; A woman in her 80s from the Park Manor Care Home outbreak; Two men in their 90s; one from the Park Manor Care Home outbreak; and