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WINNIPEG Nearly two dozen of Manitoba’s health-care workers tested positive for COVID-19 in the span of one week. According to the province’s latest COVID-19 and seasonal influenza surveillance report from Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, a total of 1,898 of Manitoba’s health-care workers have contracted the disease since the pandemic began. This is 23 more workers than the province reported the week before. The report shows that 1,876 of these health-care workers have recovered, and two have died from COVID-19. Of these nearly 1,900 workers, 1,105 are allied heath, health professionals and support staff, 535 are nurses/licensed practical nurses, 71 are physicians/physicians in training, and 39 are first responders. The occupations of 148 of the health-care workers are not identified.
WINNIPEG Cases of COVID-19 have spiked in the Southern Health Region, as Manitoba reported more cases and deaths on Friday. Of the 81 new cases reported in the province on Friday, 28 were in the Southern Health Region. This is a significant spike from Thursday when only three cases were reported. The majority of the cases in the region were in the Altona area. The majority of those cases reported today were household contacts, so were already isolating and became cases, said Dr. Brent Roussin, the chief provincial public health officer. He said the province would be following the situation in the Southern health region. He said the goal is to have public health measures stop the transmission chain where it is.