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
Province reports 221 new COVID-19 cases By: Drew May
Dec 14h,. 2020
Manitoba announced 221 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday along with 14 deaths, according to public health officials.
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Manitoba announced 221 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday along with 14 deaths, according to public health officials.
A total of 11 new cases were found in the Prairie Mountain Health region, but no new deaths.
Work to get the vaccine delivered to communities outside Winnipeg is ongoing, chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin said in a Thursday teleconference. The province is so far working with very small quantities of vaccine and tight restrictions on those doses.
COVID-19 asymptomatic surveillance testing introduced in three personal care homes
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Public health officials are introducing rapid testing for asymptomatic personal care home staff working in three licensed personal care homes across the province as part of a pilot project around testing in long-term care facilities.
“Protecting the health of our most vulnerable Manitobans is a top priority. Since the spring, we have introduced many precautions to screen staff and residents within our personal care homes, and to isolate and test anyone who shows symptoms or might have been exposed to COVID-19,” said Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Cameron Friesen. “This pilot project will expand the asymptomatic testing that is already underway in personal care homes by testing staff who do not have any symptoms and is the first step in plans for an expansion of this work to other sites in the weeks ahead.”
WINNIPEG The province will begin rapid testing of asymptomatic staff at three licensed personal care homes in Manitoba. The three sites chosen are Donwood Manor and Deer Lodge Centre in Winnipeg, and Country Meadows Personal Care Home in Neepawa. “This pilot project will expand the asymptomatic testing that is already underway in personal care homes by testing staff who do not have any symptoms and is the first step in plans for an expansion of this work to other sites in the weeks ahead,” said Health Minister Cameron Friesen in a news release. The province said currently, when a positive COVID-19 case is identified, all residents and staff who are identified as contacts are tested regardless of whether they are showing symptoms.
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Health Minister Cameron Friesen said a pilot project will start Dec. 21 at three long-term care facilities. (This) will expand the asymptomatic testing that is already underway in personal care homes by testing staff who do not have any symptoms, and is the first step in plans for an expansion of this work to other sites in the weeks ahead, Friesen said in a statement Thursday afternoon.
The first three homes to benefit from enhanced screening are Donwood Manor and Deer Lodge Centre in Winnipeg and Country Meadows in Neepawa. The pilot will run for four weeks.