Manitoba, Canada: 2021/2022 Covid cases

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...twal-1.6008678

295 new COVID-19 cases, 1 variant-linked death reported in Manitoba
Most Manitobans won't be told they have B117 as more contagious variants top 50% of cases
Bryce Hoye ? CBC News ? Posted: Apr 30, 2021 9:16 AM CT | Last Updated: 42 minutes ago

Manitoba reported 295 new cases of COVID-19 and one death linked to a more contagious coronavirus variant on Friday.

A man in his 70s from Winnipeg died due to an infection with the B117 variant originally detected in the U.K., a news release from the province says.

So far, 974 people have died due to COVID-19, including seven tied to variants.

The number of Manitobans in hospital rose by seven to 149, with about a quarter of them infected by a variant, the province said. One in four COVID-19 patients in hospital is under 50.

Thirty-nine of those patients are in intensive care and a quarter of those patients are also 50 or younger.

The majority of new cases ? 187 ? are in Winnipeg. Another 50 cases were detected in the Prairie Mountain Health region, 29 in Southern Health, 17 in Northern Health and 12 in Interlake-Eastern.

The news comes as Manitoba expanded eligibility for the AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday. Pregnant people and other adults with priority health conditions are now eligible to be vaccinated in a doctor's office or pharmacy...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...ay-2-1.6011003

2 more deaths, 281 cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba on Sunday
Latest deaths are woman in 30s from Northern health region, man in 80s from Southern health region
CBC News ? Posted: May 02, 2021 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Manitoba is reporting 281 new cases of COVID-19 and two more deaths from the illness on Sunday, a provincial news release says.

Most of the new COVID-19 cases announced Sunday were in the Winnipeg health region, which posted 178 new infections. There are also 46 new cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region, 26 in the Southern Health region, 22 in the Interlake-Eastern health region and nine in the Northern health region.

The latest deaths from COVID-19 are a woman in her 30s from the Northern Health region and a man in his 80s from the Southern Health region, linked to an outbreak at the Emerson Health Centre.

There have now been 39,274 COVID-19 cases identified in Manitoba, of which 2,540 are considered active and 35,756 considered recovered.

The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 in the province is now 978.

Manitoba's five-day test positivity rate grew to 7.7 per cent, up from 7.3 per cent on Saturday. In Winnipeg, that rate rose slightly to 8.4 per cent from 8.3.

There are now 167 COVID-19 patients hospitalized, the province said, up from 149 on Friday. Of those, 40 are in intensive care, up by one...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...ay-3-1.6011538

COVID-19 cases doubled from March to April as Manitoba's third wave continues to rise
Garage sales, campsite visits among prohibited activities, chief provincial public health officer says
Darren Bernhardt ? CBC News ? Posted: May 03, 2021 8:44 AM CT | Last Updated: 21 minutes ago

Manitoba public health officials announced 251 new COVID-19 cases and one new death on Monday.

A man in his 50s from the Winnipeg health region died of a case linked to the B117 variant.

Hospitalizations have jumped from 167 to 178 since Sunday, while the number of patients in ICU also went up, from 40 to 45.

The Winnipeg health region has the greatest number of new cases with 184.

The rest are in the Interlake-Eastern health region (20), Southern Health region (18), Northern Health Region (15) and Prairie Mountain Health region (14).

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is eight per cent provincially and 8.7 per cent in Winnipeg, up from 7.7 and 8.4 per cent, respectively, the day before...

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Source: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/manitoba...sday-1.5413765

Manitoba has another death linked to COVID-19 variant; 291 cases reported Tuesday
Devon McKendrick
Published Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:47AM CST Last Updated Tuesday, May 4, 2021 12:10PM CST

WINNIPEG -- Health officials have announced another death in Manitoba from COVID-19, bringing the total to 980.

The death, reported on Tuesday, was a man in his 40s from the Winnipeg area and it is connected to the B.1.1.7 variant.

The province also added another 291 cases of COVID-19; however, one previously announced case was removed.

The five-day test positivity rate is 8.5 per cent in Manitoba and 9.2 per cent in Winnipeg.

Winnipeg had the majority of the new cases with 212, while the Prairie Mountain Health Region had 31 cases. The Southern Health Region had 29 new cases, 12 cases came from the Interlake-Eastern area and seven cases are from Northern Manitoba.

Manitoba has had 39,814 cases since March 2020...

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Source: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/two-more...sday-1.5415300

Two more COVID-19 deaths in Manitoba, 272 new cases on Wednesday
Danton Unger
Editorial Producer - Digital
Published Wednesday, May 5, 2021 11:39AM CST Last Updated Wednesday, May 5, 2021 1:01PM CST

WINNIPEG -- Two more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Manitoba ? one of which has been linked to a variant of concern.

On Wednesday, the province reported a man in his 60s and a woman in her 70s ? both from Winnipeg ? had died from COVID-19. The death of the woman has been linked to the B.1.1.7. variant.

This brings the total number of people in Manitoba who have died from COVID-19 to 982. In total, 12 deaths have been linked to variants of concern.

The province also reported 272 new cases of COVID-19 ? the majority of which were in Winnipeg, which reported 182 cases on Wednesday. The Winnipeg region has the highest number of active cases in the province, with 1,684 active cases as of Wednesday, and a five-day test positivity rate of 9.2 per cent...

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Source: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/4-new-co...mber-1.5416907

4 new COVID-19 deaths in Manitoba; province reports highest single-day case count since December
Charles Lefebvre
Supervising News Producer - Digital
Published Thursday, May 6, 2021 11:42AM CST Last Updated Thursday, May 6, 2021 12:25PM CST

WINNIPEG -- Four more Manitobans have died from COVID-19, and the province has reported more than 350 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday for the first time since December.

The deaths include a woman and man, both in their 50s in the Prairie Mountain Health Region, along with a man in his 60s and a woman in her 70s from Winnipeg.

The death of the man in the Prairie Mountain Health Region is linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern, along with both deaths in Winnipeg. Manitoba has reported 16 deaths linked to variants of concern.

The death toll from COVID-19 in Manitoba is 986.

Manitoba also announced 363 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 40,442 since the pandemic was declared in March 2020. Six previous cases were removed from the total due to a data correction.

The last time the province reported a single-day total of more than 300 cases was on Dec. 18, when 350 cases were reported.

Winnipeg?s test positivity rate is 10.4 per cent, while the provincial test rate is 9.1 per cent. The last time Winnipeg's test positivity rate was in double digits was January 8, when it was 10.1 per cent...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...ay-7-1.6017722

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...ay-7-1.6017722

Manitoba adds ICU beds as effects of third wave hit hospitals
Surge in hospitalizations forces province to add 19 ICU beds across hospitals, prepare for more
Bryce Hoye ? CBC News ? Posted: May 07, 2021 9:21 AM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago


Manitoba hospitals are ramping up critical care systems as an influx of patients in the past two weeks ? many of them younger and sicker than in previous waves of the pandemic ? is beginning to strain intensive care units.

The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic has put more people in hospital over the past two weeks, which has triggered the need to add more ICU beds and postpone some surgeries.

There are 502 new cases and COVID-19 hospitalizations shot up to 201 on Friday, said Dr. Jazz Atwal, acting deputy chief provincial public health officer. There were 144 people in hospital with COVID-19 two weeks ago.

Over half of the COVID-19 patients in hospital are under 70; one-fifth are under the age of 40.

The number of patients in ICU on Friday rose to 56, compared to 36 two weeks ago...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...date-1.6019898

New COVID-19 cases continue to soar in Manitoba, with 531 on Sunday
3 more deaths linked to B117 coronavirus variant also reported
Caitlyn Gowriluk ? CBC News ? Posted: May 09, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Manitoba reported 531 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday ? a single-day increase the province only surpassed one time at the height of its second wave.

That happened on Nov. 23, when there were 546 new infections announced in Manitoba. Sunday's update continues a trend in recent days of the kind of high caseloads the province hasn't seen in months, following 488 cases reported on Saturday and 502 on Friday.

Nearly 80 per cent of Sunday's new cases are again in the Winnipeg health region, which reported 422 infections and a five-day test positivity rate that rose to 13 per cent from 12.6 on Saturday. Provincially, that rate rose to 10.9 per cent from 10.5.

Manitoba also announced the deaths of three women linked to the highly contagious B117 coronavirus variant first identified in the U.K.

Two were from the Winnipeg health region ? one in her 50s and another in her 80s ? while the third woman in her 60s was from the Prairie Mountain Health region, the province said in a news release.

The rest of the new cases are split between the Southern Health region (which reported 40), the Prairie Mountain Health region (34), the Interlake-Eastern health region (27) and the Northern Health Region (nine).

There are now 210 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Manitoba, up by 10 since Saturday. Fifty-two of those people are in intensive care, down by two...

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7848472/m...update-may-10/


Manitoba reports 502 new COVID-19 cases, 4 additional deaths
By Shane Gibson Global News
Posted May 10, 2021 12:01 pm
Updated May 10, 2021 1:54 pm

Manitoba health officials reported more than 500 new COVID-19 infections for the second-straight day Monday, and say four more Manitobans with the virus have died.

The latest victims of the virus include two men from the Southern Health region, one in his 40s and another in his 80s, as well as a man in his 50s from the Northern Health region, and a man in his 60s from the Winnipeg Health region.

Manitoba?s chief public health officer, Dr. Brent Roussin said the deaths of both men from the Southern Health region and the man from Winnipeg are linked to the B.1.1.7 strain first identified in the United Kingdom.

Manitoba?s COVID-19 death toll now sits at 997.

Roussin said 502 new infections have been identified as of Monday morning, bringing Manitoba?s total number of cases reported since March 2020 to 42,453 after four previously announced cases were removed due to data corrections.

They come after the province reported its second-highest ever daily case load since the pandemic began ? 532 cases ? and three deaths Sunday.

The latest cases include 399 from the Winnipeg Health region, 48 cases in the Southern Health region, 20 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region, 10 cases in the Northern Health region, and 25 cases in the Interlake-Eastern Health region.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 11.6 per cent provincially and 13.8 per cent in Winnipeg.

Hospitalization rates also rose Monday.

There are now 215 people in hospital as a result of novel coronavirus and 60 patients in ICU connected to the virus, according to provincial data...

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Source: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/more-tha...aths-1.5423112

More than 300 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba, no deaths
BIO DANTON
Danton Unger
Editorial Producer - Digital
Published Tuesday, May 11, 2021 11:40AM CST Last Updated Tuesday, May 11, 2021 12:01PM CST

WINNIPEG -- More than 300 new COVID-19 cases have been identified in Manitoba.

While there were no COVID-19 deaths reported on Tuesday, the province added 329 new COVID-19 cases to its total. The infections bring Manitoba's total so far in the pandemic to 42,779, including 3,837 active cases and 37,945 recoveries.

One case was removed from the total due to a data correction.

The province has a five-day test positivity rate of 12 per cent.

Winnipeg continues to have the highest number of active cases in Manitoba. On Tuesday, the region reported 235 new cases, and a five-day test positivity rate of 14.2 per cent. Winnipeg has 2,764 active cases.

The other cases reported on Tuesday include:

34 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region, which has 393 total active cases;
28 cases in the Southern Health region, which has 224 total active cases;
24 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region, which has 181 total active cases; and
Eight cases in the Northern health region, which has 275 total active cases.

As of Tuesday, there were 214 COVID-19 patients in hospital, including 154 people who have active cases and 60 who are no longer infectious but still need care. Of the 59 COVID-19 patients in intensive care, 48 have active cases and 11 are no longer infectious.

The number of people who have died with COVID-19 in Manitoba remains at 997...

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Source: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/manitoba...emic-1.5424883

Manitoba marks 1,000 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic
Devon McKendrick
Digital Editorial Producer
Published Wednesday, May 12, 2021 11:50AM CST Last Updated Wednesday, May 12, 2021 2:31PM CST

WINNIPEG -- Manitoba has now marked 1,000 deaths linked to COVID-19 since March 2020.

Three new deaths were reported on Wednesday, and include a woman in her 50s from the Prairie Mountain Health Region, a man in his 60s from Winnipeg, and a man in his 70s in the Interlake-Eastern Health Region.

The woman in her 50s and man in his 60s were both linked to the B.1.1.7 variant while the man in his 70s was connected to an unspecified variant.

So far, 27 deaths have been connected to a variant of concern.

The case count in the province also stayed high with 364 new cases and the test positivity rate is 12.1 throughout Manitoba.

Winnipeg had the largest number of new cases at 223, and the test positivity rate in the city is 14.4 per cent.

The Interlake-Eastern Health Region had 50 cases, followed by the Southern Health Region at 47, 34 in the Prairie Mountain Health Region, and 10 in the Northern Health Region.

Active cases are getting close to the 4,000 mark, with the total hitting 3,940 on Wednesday. The province said 38,203 people have recovered.

There have been 43,143 cases since the start of the pandemic.

The variant case total continues to grow in Manitoba with 4,822 ? 1,828 are active while another 2,967 have recovered.

The B.1.1.7 variant makes up more than half of the variant cases with 2,614, while unspecified cases sit at 2,151. There have been 36 P.1 cases and 21 B.1.351...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...2021-1.6025356

Manitoba breaks single-day record with 560 more COVID-19 cases
Hospitalizations climb to 240 as Manitoba announces 3 more COVID-19 deaths linked to coronavirus variants
Bryce Hoye ? CBC News ? Posted: May 13, 2021 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: 36 minutes ago

Three more people have died and Manitoba hit a new pandemic high on Thursday with 560 cases, the largest single-day total in the province to date.

The previous high of 546 was set on Nov. 23 during the second wave.

The new high mark comes during a week of worrying milestones.

Manitoba now has the second-highest daily infection rate of all provinces, trailing behind only Alberta.

The provincial seven-day average for daily cases also just breached a record of 421 set last fall; the rate is now 468...

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7862428/m...update-may-14/

Manitoba reports 491 COVID-19 cases, numbers expected to worsen in coming weeks: official
By Shane Gibson Global News
Posted May 14, 2021 12:47 pm
Updated May 14, 2021 2:35 pm

Manitoba reported 491 new COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths from the virus Friday, as modelling numbers show daily case counts and ICU numbers likely to rise in the coming weeks.

Dr. Jazz Atwal, the deputy chief public health officer, says the current spike in case numbers and hospitalization rates is being made worse by people not following the rules.

He says too many people are still gathering and interacting with others, despite public health orders that have been tightened three times in the last month.

Atwal released new modelling that suggests the daily number of new cases will likely rise for another week, and intensive care usage might rise for another four weeks.

Atwal says that is going to put a lot of stress on the health-care system.

Since March 2020, the province has reported 44,189 cases of COVID-19 after two previously announced cases were removed Friday due to what health officials say are data corrections.

The number of Manitobans with COVID-19 who have died remains at 1,002...

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Source: https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=51292

May 15, 2021
COVID-19 BULLETIN #432

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Public health officials advise four new deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today:
? a female in her 60s from the Northern Health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern;
? a female in her 60s from Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern;
? a male in his 80s from Winnipeg health region; and
? a female in her 90s from Winnipeg Health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 12 per cent provincially and 14.2 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 430 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases have been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 428 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 44,617.

Today?s COVID-19 data shows:
? 23 cases in the Interlake?Eastern health region;
? 11 cases in the Northern health region;
? 30 cases in the Prairie Mountain health region;
? 27 cases in the Southern Health?Sant? Sud health region; and
? 339 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:
? 4,219 active cases and 39,392 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
? 181 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 60 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 241 hospitalizations;
? 51 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 19 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 70 ICU patients;
? 3,515 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 718,020; and
? the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,006.

As a response to the rising infection rates of COVID-19, all 27 schools in the Garden Valley and Red River Valley School Districts will move to remote learning effective May 18 until May 30.

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.

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.

A new mobile testing site at 1181 Portage Ave. in Winnipeg will open Monday, May 17. The site, which will operate seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and will offer testing by appointment, which can be booked starting May 16 by calling (toll-free) 1-888-986-8152. More information on COVID-19 testing is available at www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/testing/index.html.

Due to health and safety measures required to keep families, individuals and staff safe in response to COVID-19, Community Living disABILITY Services-funded day services for adults with intellectual disabilities will be suspended for two weeks in Winnipeg. The closure will take effect on Monday, May 17 and extend until May 28. Some exceptions may be made where the safety of individuals cannot be managed in residential care or at home during the day.

Manitoba Families continues to support the redeployment of day services and transportation staff to individuals? places of residence. Individuals being supported at home will be encouraged to use virtual meetings and other technology to stay connected with friends, families and the broader community.

Public health officials are reminding Manitobans that in most cases, they should only seek testing at a provincial test site if they are symptomatic or have been advised by public health that they are a close contact. This will help ensure that those who need to be tested can continue to access testing as easily as possible. Manitobans have several options available to access testing, including drive-thru, walk-in, or by booking an appointment by calling 1-855-268-4318 or online at select sites at www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/testing/locations.html#appointment.

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://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=51296

Public health officials advise four new deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today:
? a male in his 50s from the Northern Health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern;
? a female in her 50s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern;
? a male in his 50s from the Winnipeg health region; and
? a male in his 80s from Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at Holy Family Home.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 12.3 per cent provincially and 14.1 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 534 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases have been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 532 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 45,149.

Today?s COVID-19 data shows:
? 39 cases in the Interlake?Eastern health region;
? 39 cases in the Northern health region;
? 43 cases in the Prairie Mountain health region;
? 84 cases in the Southern Health?Sant? Sud health region; and
? 329 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:
? 4,440 active cases and 39,699 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
? 201 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 57 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 258 hospitalizations;
? 53 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 18 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 71 ICU patients;
? 3,682 laboratory tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 721,995; and
? the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 1,010.

A new mobile testing site at 1181 Portage Ave. in Winnipeg will open tomorrow. Appointments can be made starting today. Public health officials are reminding Manitobans that in most cases, they should only seek testing at a provincial test site if they are symptomatic or have been advised by public health that they are a close contact. This will help ensure that those who need to be tested can continue to access testing as easily as possible.

Manitobans have several options available to access testing including drive-thru, walk-in or by booking an appointment by calling (toll-free) 1-855-268-4318 or online at select sites at:
www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/testing/locations.html#appointment.

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.

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.

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.