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More than half of Manitoba's 222 new cases of COVID-19 in the north
Province sees jumps in test positivity rate, number of people in hospital on Sunday
Rachel Bergen ? CBC News ? Posted: Jan 24, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
There are three more deaths and 222 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Sunday, the day after the province loosened restrictions in the southern half of the province.
For the second day in a row, more than half of the new cases — 116 — are in the north, a provincial news release said.
On Saturday, 216 cases of the virus were reported. Of those, 118 were in the Northern Health Region.
The remaining cases are in the Winnipeg (61), Prairie Mountain (22), Interlake-Eastern (20) and Southern (three) health regions.
The five-day test positivity rate — a rolling average of the number of tests that come back positive — jumped to 10.6 per cent provincially, up from 9.8 per cent the day prior. In Winnipeg, that rate is 6.4 per cent, down slightly from 6.5 per cent on Saturday...
More than half of Manitoba's 222 new cases of COVID-19 in the north
Province sees jumps in test positivity rate, number of people in hospital on Sunday
Rachel Bergen ? CBC News ? Posted: Jan 24, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
There are three more deaths and 222 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Sunday, the day after the province loosened restrictions in the southern half of the province.
For the second day in a row, more than half of the new cases — 116 — are in the north, a provincial news release said.
On Saturday, 216 cases of the virus were reported. Of those, 118 were in the Northern Health Region.
The remaining cases are in the Winnipeg (61), Prairie Mountain (22), Interlake-Eastern (20) and Southern (three) health regions.
The five-day test positivity rate — a rolling average of the number of tests that come back positive — jumped to 10.6 per cent provincially, up from 9.8 per cent the day prior. In Winnipeg, that rate is 6.4 per cent, down slightly from 6.5 per cent on Saturday...
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