Nearly 1,900 of Manitoba’s health-care workers have contracted COVID-19 since the pandemic began, 30 of whom tested positive in the last week of January.
WINNNIPEG Manitoba is reporting 83 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. The new cases were announced during the province’s COVID-19 teleconference on Tuesday, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases to 29,733. One previously announced case was removed due to a data correction. The majority of new cases were in the Northern Health Region, with 53 new cases. The Winnipeg Health Region reported 18 new cases. The Interlake-Eastern Health Region and the Prairie Mountain Health Region each reported five new cases, while the Southern Health Region reported two new cases. Dr. Jazz Atwal, the acting deputy provincial public health officer, noted the province hasn’t seen many cases yet that can be attributed to the decision to relax some public health restrictions on Jan. 23, but said it is still too early.
WINNIPEG For the second consecutive day, Manitoba s new COVID-19 case count has been below 100. Health officials announced 95 new cases on Wednesday, bringing the total to 28,996 since the start of the pandemic. The five-day test positivity rate is 9.6 per cent in Manitoba and 6.1 per cent in Winnipeg. The Winnipeg Health Region had 44 new cases, the Northern Health Region had 43, both the Prairie Mountain Health Region and the Southern Health Region had three new cases each, and two new cases were in the Interlake-Eastern Health Region. Officials did note one previously announced case was removed due to a data correction. The province also added four new deaths linked to COVID-19, and now the death toll sits at 813.
Manitoba is seeing an encouraging trend in COVID-19 cases and now the province s top doctor says he is eyeing a cautious and continuous reopening, but was mum on the details.
Posted: Jan 18, 2021 11:45 AM CT | Last Updated: January 18
Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin said information on the loosening of the code red restrictions in Manitoba will come this week.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Manitoba announced 118 cases of COVID-19 and four more deaths on Monday, the 11th consecutive day the province has recorded single-digit deaths.
The latest deaths are connected to current outbreaks, including a man in his 80s at the Rod McGillivary Memorial Care Home in Opaskwayak Cree Nation in the Northern Health Region.
The other three deaths are in the Winnipeg health region a man in his 60s linked to the outbreak at the Southeast Personal Care Home, a woman in her 70s linked to the outbreak at Concordia Place and a woman in her 80s linked to the outbreak at Health Sciences Centre WRS3.