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Northern Manitoba had 51 new cases of COVID-19 announced Dec. 17, including 24 in the Oxford House health district, 14 in the Island Lake district and 10 in the Thompson/Mystery Lake district. Manitoba announced 221 new cases of COVID-19 Dec. 17, close to a quarter of which were in the Northern Regional Health Authority (NRHA). The Bunibonibee/Oxford House/Manto Sipi/God’s River/God’s lake health district is the current hot spot for new cases of the virus in the north, with 24 new cases reported on Thursday and 102 active cases. There were also 14 new cases in the Island Lake health dis...

The province announced 47 new cases of COVID-19 in the Northern Regional Health Authority (NRHA) Dec. 16 but health district numbers on the provincial government’s COVID-19 web page showed only 33 new cases, with another 23 cases removed from previous totals. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the north only went up by 10 from yesterday, data on the web page shows. Most of the new northern cases were from the Island Lake health district, which had 20 more cases than on Tuedsay, while there were seven new cases in the Thompson/Mystery Lake health district and five in the Shamattawa/Yokr...

The Reminder has reached out to the Northern Health Region (NHR) for more information on what the end of the outbreak will mean for the facility, but is yet to receive comment. Three outbreaks remain active in the north, according to the provincial government, including one in Flin Flon at the Northern Lights Manor. At least one staff member and two residents at the manor have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak was first announced. The two other outbreaks are both in The Pas/OCN/Kelsey district - the Rod McGillivary Care Home at Opaskwayak Cree Nation and the acute care inpatie...

The Island Lake health district had the most new cases in the north on Tuesday, with 24, followed by the Bunibonibee/Oxford House/Manto Sipi/God’s River/God’s Lake health district with seven, Sayisi Dene/Tadoule/Barren Lands/Brochet/Northlands/Lac Brochet health district with six, the Thompson/Mystery Lake health district with five and The Pas/Opaskwayak/Kelsey health district with four. There are 701 active cases in the north, according to the provincial government’s online dashboard, with three health districts – Bunibonibee, Island Lake and Shamattawa/York Factory/Tataskweyak/Spli...

Before Friday, the most new COVID-19 cases northern Manitoba had reported in one day was 57. That record was more than doubled Friday, as 136 new northern cases were reported by the province Dec. 11.