Manitoba, Canada: 2021/2022 Covid cases

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Source: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/7-deaths...sday-1.5472943

7 deaths, 144 cases announced in Manitoba on Wednesday
Charles Lefebvre
Supervising News Producer - Digital
Published Wednesday, June 16, 2021 11:49AM CST Last Updated Wednesday, June 16, 2021 12:39PM CST

WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government reported seven new deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, with all but one linked to variants of concern.

The deaths include four people from Winnipeg; a woman in her 40s, a man in his 60s, a woman in her 70s, and a woman in her 80s.

All four of these deaths were linked to the B.1.1.7 or Alpha variant first reported in the United Kingdom, with the death of the woman in her 80s also linked to an outbreak at Seven Oaks General Hospital in unit 3U4-7.

The remaining deaths occurred in the Southern Health Zone, including a man in his 70s linked to the Alpha variant, and two women in their 80s both linked to an outbreak at Carman Memorial Hospital. One of the women’s deaths was linked to an unspecified variant of concern.

Manitoba’s current death toll from COVID-19 is 1,111.

The province also announced 144 new cases, bringing the total since March 2020 to 54,739. One previous case was removed due to a data correction.

There are 2,799 active cases and 50,829 Manitobans who have recovered.

The test-positivity rate continues to fall in both Manitoba and Winnipeg. The province’s rate is 9.7 per cent, while Winnipeg’s rate is 9.2 per cent...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...date-1.6069185

Test positivity rates sink to lowest levels since early May as Manitoba reports 183 new COVID-19 cases
Winnipeg woman in 60s who had alpha variant dies
CBC News · Posted: Jun 17, 2021 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Test positivity rates for COVID-19 dropped to levels not seen since the beginning of May in both Winnipeg and all of Manitoba on Thursday, as the province announced 183 new cases of the illness.

Manitoba's five-day rate dropped to 8.8 per cent, the province said in a news release, which is down from 9.7 on Wednesday. The last time the provincial rate was that low was on May 5, when it also sat at 8.8 per cent.

Winnipeg's rate sank to 8.5 per cent from 9.2. The city's rate hasn't been that low since May 2, when it was 8.4 per cent.

The death of a woman in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region was also reported on Thursday. She had contracted the B.1.1.7 alpha variant first seen in the U.K., the release said.

The woman's death brought Manitoba's total linked to the illness to 1,112...

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Source: https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=51464

June 18, 2021
COVID-19 BULLETIN #465

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Public health officials advise four new deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today:
• a female in her 30s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the unspecified variant of concern;
• a female in her 60s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 (alpha) variant of concern;
• a female in her 60s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the alpha variant of concern; and
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the alpha variant of concern.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 8.3 per cent provincially and 8.3 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 189 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, six cases were removed due to a data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 183 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 55,098.

Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 19 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
• 38 cases in the Northern health region;
• 19 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• 26 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
• 87cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:
• 2,436 active cases and 51,547 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
• 258 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19 in Manitoba and neighbouring provinces including:
- 143 people in hospital in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 95 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious, amounting to a total of 238 hospitalizations;
• a total of 80 Manitoba patients receiving intensive care for COVID-19 including:
- 37 people in intensive care units in Manitoba with active COVID-19 as well as 23 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, amounting to a total of 60 ICU patients in Manitoba; and
- 20 Manitoba patients in intensive care units outside the province, with 19 in Ontario and one in Alberta;
• 30 patients previously receiving care in an out-of-province ICU have now been returned to Manitoba hospitals for further care; and
- no COVID-19 patients were transported out of province for care yesterday;
• 2,122 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 811,572; and
• the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,115. Due to a data correction, one death that had been reported on June 16 has been removed (a female in her 80s from Winnipeg health region and linked to the alpha variant of concern and the outbreak at Seven Oaks General Hospital (3U4-7).)

Possible exposure locations are listed online by region at the province’s #RestartMB Pandemic Response System webpage. For up-to-date information on possible public exposures to COVID-19 in regions, visit www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/updates/flights.html#event and click on your region.

Additional data on variants of concern is updated from Tuesday to Saturday at https://geoportal.gov.mb.ca/. Data related to COVID-19, outbreaks and some downloadable and historic data can also be found at this site.

For up-to-date information on COVID-19 in Manitoba, including the online screening tool, testing criteria and locations, self-isolation requirements, public health fundamentals and the provincial response level on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System, visit www.manitoba.ca/COVID19.

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...e-19-1.6071161

151 new cases of COVID-19, 3 deaths reported in Manitoba Saturday
Latest deaths all linked to more infectious alpha coronavirus variant
CBC News · Posted: Jun 19, 2021 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

There are 151 new cases of COVID-19 and three more deaths in Manitoba on Saturday, the province says in a news release.

All three of the latest deaths are people who had the B.1.1.7, or alpha, coronavirus variant first seen in the U.K.

The people who died were a woman in her 50s and a man in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region, and a man in his 70s from the Southern Health region, connected with the outbreak at the Bethesda Regional Health Centre's medical unit.

The man in his 60s was linked to an outbreak at the Health Sciences Centre's WRS3 unit, the release said.

The latest deaths bring Manitoba's total linked to COVID-19 to 1,118.

Among the five health regions, Winnipeg has the biggest proportion of Saturday's new cases, with 61 infections...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...e-20-1.6071061

Manitoba reports 93 new COVID-19 cases, lowest increase since April
Data was delayed earlier because of technical issues, province says
CBC News · Posted: Jun 20, 2021 12:52 PM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Manitoba reported 93 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the province's online dashboard says, marking its lowest single-day increase in over two months.

The last time the province reported a daily increase lower than that was on April 14, when there were 86 new cases of the illness.

The update brings Manitoba's seven-day average daily COVID-19 case count down to roughly 143.

Six more people have also died after getting COVID-19, the dashboard says. That brings Manitoba's total deaths linked to the illness to 1,124.

Five of the people who died were from Winnipeg: a man in his 30s, a man in his 50s, a woman in her 50s, a man in his 60s and a woman her 60s. A man in his 70s from the Southern Health region also died, the province says.

The biggest proportion of the new cases on Sunday are in the Winnipeg health region, which reported 42 infections.

The rest are split between the Southern Health region, which has 24 new cases, the Interlake-Eastern health region, with 14, the Northern health region, with eight, and the Prairie Mountain Health region, with five, the dashboard says.

Manitoba's five-day test positivity rate dropped to eight per cent on Sunday, the dashboard says, down from 8.3 on Saturday....

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...ssin-1.6073519

Manitoba's daily COVID-19 cases sink to lowest mark since April 6
2 more Manitobans die after being moved out of province for care
Darren Bernhardt · CBC News · Posted: Jun 21, 2021 9:52 AM CT | Last Updated: 40 minutes ago

Manitoba public health officials announced 74 new COVID-19 cases and one death on Monday.

The daily caseload is the lowest since April 6, when there were 62 new cases.

The death is a woman in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern and to the outbreak at Seven Oaks General Hospital 3U4-7.

Not included in the daily numbers are the deaths of two more Manitobans who were receiving care in Ontario after being sent out of Manitoba last month to ease the burden on the province's critical care system.

A spokesperson with Shared Health said a woman in her 60s who was sent out of province on May 26 and a man in his 70s who was moved on May 29 both died.

Those deaths will be reflected in Manitoba's official COVID-19 fatality count in the coming days, the spokesperson said.

There has now been a total of nine deaths of out-of-province patients since the first people were sent to Ontario in mid-May...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...toba-1.6075397

69 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths reported in Manitoba
140 newly identified cases of more contagious coronavirus variants also announced
CBC News · Posted: Jun 22, 2021 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Manitoba public health officials announced 69 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths, including a patient in Ontario.

This is the third consecutive day of double-digit numbers after more than two months of triple-digit increases.

The deaths include a man in his 20s from the Interlake-Eastern health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 (alpha) variant of concern, and a man in his 60s from the Southern Health region, linked to the same variant.

The other two deaths in Manitoba are both women in their 70s from the Winnipeg health region. One is linked to the alpha variant and the other is linked to an as-yet-unspecified variant.

A spokesperson for Manitoba's provincial health organization, Shared Health, announced Tuesday that a man in his 50s, who was moved to Ontario on May 30 for COVID care, has died.

His death is not part of the current fatality count but will be added in the coming days, the spokesperson said.

The total number of Manitobans who have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic is now 1,129, not including the most recent death in Ontario. Of those deaths, 137 were related to variants of concern...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...toba-1.6076930

Daily COVID-19 total bounces back up as Manitoba reports 123 new cases, 3 deaths
CBC News · Posted: Jun 23, 2021 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

There are 123 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths on Wednesday, Manitoba Public Health said in a news release.

That case total snaps a three-day run of new case numbers being below 100.

The deaths, of a man in his 60s from the Southern Health region, a man in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region and a man in his 70s from the Winnipeg region, are all linked to the B.1.1.7 (alpha) variant of concern.

The total number of Manitobans who have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic is now 1,132. Of those, 140 deaths are related to variants of concern.

There are 64 new COVID-19 cases in the Winnipeg health region, 22 in the Northern Health Region, 16 in the Southern Health region, 12 in the Interlake-Eastern health region and nine in the Prairie Mountain Health region.

Despite the increase in the daily case count, the five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate in Manitoba has dropped to 7.1 per cent from 7.6 per cent on Tuesday, with 2,013 tests completed...

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Source: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-repor...ober-1.5482170

Sask. reports lowest new COVID-19 case count since mid-October
CTVNewsRegina.ca
Published Wednesday, June 23, 2021 8:46AM CST Last Updated Wednesday, June 23, 2021 3:02PM CST

REGINA -- Saskatchewan reported 32 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the lowest daily case count since Oct. 18, 2020.

The province also recorded 64 recoveries and one death. The person who died was in their 70s and from the Northwest zone.

The new cases are in the Far Northwest (two); Northwest (two); North Central (one); Northeast (one); Saskatoon (10); Central East (three); Regina (eight); and Southeast (four) zones. One case is pending residence information...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...date-1.6078605

106 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths reported in Manitoba on Thursday
Both deaths linked to more contagious coronvirus variants, province says
CBC News · Posted: Jun 24, 2021 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

There are 106 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba on Thursday and two more people have died from the illness, the province says in a news release.

Most of the new cases are in the Winnipeg health region, which reported 64 new infections, the release said.

The rest are split between the Southern Health region, with 18, the Northern Health Region, with 14, the Interlake-Eastern health region, with nine, and the Prairie Mountain Health region, with one.

The deaths announced Thursday are two men: one in his 50s from the Winnipeg health region and one in his 80s from the Southern Health region.

The younger man had contracted the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant, also known as the alpha variant, which was first seen in the U.K., the release said. The older man had a variant that's still listed as unspecified.

The deaths bring Manitoba's total linked to COVID-19 to 1,134, the release said...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...twal-1.6080034


Manitoba moves out of code red as COVID-19 numbers fall again
Province reported 85 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death on Friday
Darren Bernhardt · CBC News · Posted: Jun 25, 2021 10:31 AM CT | Last Updated: 18 minutes ago

Manitoba is moving out of code red for the first time in seven months.

Dr. Jazz Atwal, deputy chief provincial public health officer, announced Friday that Manitoba is moving to the orange or restricted level of its pandemic response system.

"Manitobans worked hard and made sacrifices to make this happen," Atwal said, reporting 85 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death on Friday.

Winnipeg went to the red, or critical, level of the province's pandemic response system on Nov. 2, and was followed by the rest of the province on Nov. 12, as officials struggled to control a rising tide of cases.

The daily numbers fell back below the 100 mark on Friday after two days of being higher.

The death is a man in his 70s from the Southern Health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 (alpha) variant of concern. The total number of deaths of Manitobans linked to COVID-19 is now 1,135, including 143 related to variants of concern.

Of the 85 cases, the Winnipeg health region has 53. The Interlake-Eastern health region has 10, the Southern Health region has nine, the Northern Health Region has eight and the Prairie Mountain Health region has five.

The daily caseload isn't the only statistic that has gone down.

The current five-day test positivity rate is 5.9 per cent provincially (down from 6.4 on Thursday) and 6.5 per cent in Winnipeg (down from 6.7)...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...date-1.6081716

106 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths reported in Manitoba on Saturday
Deaths of 3 men all linked to more infectious alpha variant, province says
CBC News · Posted: Jun 26, 2021 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

There are 106 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba on Saturday and three more people have died from the illness, the province says in a news release.

The largest proportion of those new cases are in the Winnipeg health region, which has 49.

The rest are split between the Southern Health region, with 22, the Northern Health Region (18), the Interlake-Eastern health region (11) and the Prairie Mountain Health region (six), the release said.

Manitoba's latest COVID-19 deaths are all linked to the more contagious B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant, also known as the alpha variant, first seen in the U.K., the release said.

They include two men in their 50s: one from the Interlake-Eastern health region and one from the Winnipeg health region. A man in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region has also died. Those deaths bring Manitoba's total linked to the illness to 1,138, the release said.

The update comes on the first day of loosened restrictions in Manitoba after the province met its first set of vaccination targets. As of Saturday, businesses including salons and gyms are allowed to reopen and gathering sizes have been expanded in the province.

Manitoba has also now moved from the critical red level of its pandemic response system — the highest level of the colour-coded system — to the restricted orange level.

Among Manitobans 12 and up, 72.5 per cent have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the province's vaccination dashboard, and 35 per cent have had two doses...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...date-1.6082147

Winnipeg girl under 10 dies from COVID-19 as Manitoba reports 97 new cases
Illness puts 6 more Manitobans in hospital as test positivity rate jumps slightly
CBC News · Posted: Jun 27, 2021 12:33 PM CT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

A girl under age 10 has died after getting COVID-19, the province says in a news release.

The province says she lived in the Winnipeg health region but did not release any further information.

The death brings Manitoba's total linked to the illness to 1,139.

Manitoba also reported 97 new cases of the illness on Sunday, the release said.

Most of the new cases were in the Winnipeg health region, which announced 50 new infections.

The rest are split among the Northern Health Region, which has 16, the Interlake-Eastern health region, with 14, the Southern Health region, with 12, and the Prairie Mountain Health region, with five, the release says.

Manitoba's five-day test positivity rate rose again to 6.5 per cent, up from 6.1 on Saturday. Winnipeg's increased to 6.9 per cent, the release says, up from 6.7.

There are currently 193 Manitobans hospitalized with COVID-19, up by six since Saturday.

Of those patients, 64 are in intensive care, down by one. There are still 12 ICU patients in hospitals outside Manitoba as the province works to free up space in its strained hospitals: 11 in Ontario and one in Alberta, the release says...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...ssin-1.6082738

61 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths reported in Manitoba
7-day average daily case count is now 92, the lowest since April 8
CBC News · Posted: Jun 28, 2021 10:27 AM CT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Manitoba public health officials announced 61 new COVID-19 cases and no deaths on Monday.

It's the lowest daily case number since early April, and the first time in exactly a month that there are zero deaths.

The Winnipeg health region and Interlake-Eastern health region have most of the latest cases with 27 and 20, respectively.

The Northern Health Region has eight, the Southern Health region has four and the Prairie Mountain Health region has two.

The seven-day average daily case count in Manitoba is now 92, the lowest since April 8, when it was 89.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate in Manitoba is 6.2 per cent, down from 6.5 on Sunday. In Winnipeg, it's 5.8 per cent, which is down more than a percentage point from 6.9 on Sunday.

A total of 194 Manitobans are in hospital due to COVID-19, including 61 in intensive care. There are 50 in Manitoba ICUs and 11 in Ontario ICUs.

The number of deaths of Manitobans with COVID-19 remains at 1,139...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...e-29-1.6084306

2 straight days of no deaths and 61 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba
Active cases down to 1,408 from more than 4,000 at the beginning of the month
CBC News · Posted: Jun 29, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

There are 61 new cases of COVID-19 and no deaths to report in Manitoba for the second consecutive day, a provincial news release says.

The Winnipeg health region has 29 new cases, the Northern Health Region has 15, Southern Health has 11, Interlake-Eastern has six and there are no new cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region.

There are now 1,408 active cases of COVID-19, down from more than 4,000 active cases at the beginning of the month.

Just over half of the active cases — 832 — are connected to more contagious coronavirus variants, the province's online variant dashboard says.

The bulk of them — 610 — are the B.1.1.7, or alpha variant, first discovered in the U.K. There are seven active cases of the B.617.2 or delta variant, which is believed to be even more contagious than other variants of concern...