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Manitoba reports lowest test positivity rate since October as 70 new COVID-19 cases announced
Strict public health orders lifted on Pauingassi First Nation after outbreak that saw 1 in 4 infected
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 25, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Manitoba announced 70 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and reported its lowest test positivity rate in more than four months.
That rate dropped from 4.6 per cent to 4.3 Thursday — the lowest announced since Oct. 20, when it was at the same spot. Winnipeg's rate dipped to 3.8 per cent from four a day earlier.
A man in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region died, bringing the province's total number of coronavirus-linked deaths to 888.
Most of the new cases on Thursday are split between the Winnipeg health region, which has 31 cases, and the Northern Health Region, with 30, the province says in a news release.
There are seven new cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region and two in the Southern Health region, while the Prairie Mountain Health region reported no new infections.
No new cases of the more infectious B117 coronavirus variant first detected in the U.K. have been identified in Manitoba since one was announced on Tuesday, bringing the province's total to five...
Manitoba reports lowest test positivity rate since October as 70 new COVID-19 cases announced
Strict public health orders lifted on Pauingassi First Nation after outbreak that saw 1 in 4 infected
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 25, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Manitoba announced 70 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and reported its lowest test positivity rate in more than four months.
That rate dropped from 4.6 per cent to 4.3 Thursday — the lowest announced since Oct. 20, when it was at the same spot. Winnipeg's rate dipped to 3.8 per cent from four a day earlier.
A man in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region died, bringing the province's total number of coronavirus-linked deaths to 888.
Most of the new cases on Thursday are split between the Winnipeg health region, which has 31 cases, and the Northern Health Region, with 30, the province says in a news release.
There are seven new cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region and two in the Southern Health region, while the Prairie Mountain Health region reported no new infections.
No new cases of the more infectious B117 coronavirus variant first detected in the U.K. have been identified in Manitoba since one was announced on Tuesday, bringing the province's total to five...
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