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Outbreaks at two Manitoban care homes are being declared over.
Public health officials advise six additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a female in her 70s from the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• a male in his 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region;
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to outbreak at the Convalescent Home of Winnipeg;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre; and
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While there may be some tweaks to existing health orders when the current set expires on Jan. 8, do not expect a drastic change in them.
This was the message from Dr. Jazz Atwal, the acting deputy chief provincial public health officer during the province’s COVID-19 update on Thursday.
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Despite a drop in cases and the rollout of a vaccine over the last couple of weeks, Atwal said there are many indicators they are looking at as they make their decisions.
By Matthew Dekker
Dec 31, 2020 6:34 PM
Public health officials advise six additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a female in her 70s from the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• a male in his 80s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region;
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to outbreak at the Convalescent Home of Winnipeg;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre; and
• a female in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Poseidon Care Centre.
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2020 novel coronavirus bulletin – 300
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 12/31/2020 at 12:39 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 11.2 per cent provincially and 10.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 31, 2020, 187 new cases of the virus have been identified, which brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 24,700.
Public health officials advise six additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
a female in her 70s from the Prairie Mountain Health region;
a male in his 80s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region;
a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region;
a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to outbreak at the Convalescent Home of Winnipeg;