Manitoba, Canada: 2021/2022 Covid cases

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid19-update-manitoba-roussin-reimer-1.5893187

3 more deaths, 157 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba, outbreak declared in northern school
'Don't look for ways to skirt the orders,' Dr. Brent Roussin says
CBC News ? Posted: Jan 29, 2021 9:52 AM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

There are three more deaths and 157 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Friday.

More than half of the new cases are in the province's Northern Health Region, which has 81.

For the second consecutive day, a new outbreak has been declared in the north, this time at Wapanohk Community School in Thompson, which has been moved to the red, or critical, level of the province's pandemic response system.

The Winnipeg health region has 29 new cases, the Prairie Mountain Health region has 24, the Southern Health region has 14 and there are nine new cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region.

The three latest deaths are women from the Winnipeg health region: a woman in her 30s, one in her 50s and one in her 80s. The latter is linked to the outbreak at Concordia Place Personal Care Home.

The total number of deaths in Manitoba due to the coronavirus is now 823.

The five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate continues to fall. There were 2,176 tests completed Thursday, and the five-day average rate is now 7.5 per cent provincially and 4.9 per cent in Winnipeg.

The test positivity rate for the north was 26 per cent earlier in the week, Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin said...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid19-update-1.5894860

166 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths in Manitoba on Saturday
Northern Health Region reports more than 40 per cent of province's new infections, with 69 cases
CBC News ? Posted: Jan 30, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

There are 166 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba on Saturday and two more people have died from the illness, the province says in a news release.

The biggest chunk of new cases on Saturday is in the province's Northern Health Region, which reported 69 infections, or more than 40 per cent of the new cases. There are also 47 new cases in the Winnipeg health region, the release says.

Manitoba's five-day test positivity rate is down slightly to 7.3 per cent, from 7.5 per cent on Friday. In Winnipeg, that rate dropped to 4.4 per cent, down from 4.9 on Friday.

There are now 275 COVID-19 patients in hospital, up three from Friday. Of those, 39 are in intensive care, which is unchanged.

The deaths announced Saturday are two men: one in his 80s linked to an outbreak at Winnipeg's Holy Family Home and one in his 90s linked to an outbreak at Niverville's Heritage Life Personal Care Home, the release says.

They bring Manitoba's total to 825 coronavirus-linked deaths...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid19-update-1.5895390

119 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths in Manitoba on Sunday
More than 40% of new infections in hard-hit Northern Health Region
CBC News ? Posted: Jan 31, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

There are 119 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba on Sunday and four more people have died from the illness, the province says in a news release.

Manitoba's five-day test positivity rate is up by a small margin to 7.9 per cent, the release says, while Winnipeg's is up by an even smaller margin to 4.5 per cent.

Forty-nine of the new cases — or more than 40 per cent — are in the hard-hit Northern Health Region, the release says. The remaining cases are split between the Interlake-Eastern health region (35), the Winnipeg health region (27), the Southern Health region (six) and the Prairie Mountain Health region (two), it says.

The massive northern region is Manitoba's most sparsely populated, with a 2019 population just shy of 77,000.

As of Sunday, that part of the province has a COVID-19 infection rate of 5,033.08 cases per 100,000 people, Manitoba's online dashboard says — about five cases for every 100 people.

That's by far Manitoba's highest infection rate in any of its five health regions, and more than double the province's second-highest of 2,231.98 in the Southern Health region — or about two in every 100 people...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-1.5896121

3 more COVID-19 deaths, 89 new cases announced in Manitoba Monday
5-day test positivity rate is 7.9% in Manitoba and 4.2% in Winnipeg
Nicholas Frew ? CBC News ? Posted: Feb 01, 2021 11:20 AM CT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Three more Manitobans have died from COVID-19, as the province reports its lowest single-day increase in new cases in over three months.

Two of the deaths — a man in his 70s and another man in his 80s — are linked to a COVID-19 outbreak at the Heritage Life Personal Care Home in Niverville, Man., in the Southern Health region. A woman in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region also died from the illness.

A total of 832 people have now died from COVID-19 in Manitoba.

Public health officials announced 89 new cases Monday, the lowest increase since Oct. 19, when 80 new cases were reported.

Nearly half of the new cases announced Monday — 42 — are in the Northern Health Region. There are 22 new cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region, 18 in the Winnipeg health region, four in the Southern Health region and three in the Prairie Mountain Health region.

There are 3,466 active cases in the province, a news release said, although health officials have said that number is inflated by a data backlog.

The five-day test positivity rate throughout Manitoba is 7.9 per cent. It's 4.2 per cent in Winnipeg...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid19-update-health-officials-manitoba-1.5897623

83 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba on Tuesday, numbers in Winnipeg keep improving
'Things are improved, for sure [but] we still that trend to continue,' says Dr. Jazz Atwal
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 02, 2021 10:55 AM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Eighty-three new cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba on Tuesday.

No new death data is available because of a system reset by the province. The deaths, which are 832 as of Monday, will be updated and reported on Wednesday.

As has been the case many times over the past several weeks, the majority of the new cases are in the Northern health region with 53.

The Winnipeg health region is reporting 18 new cases for the second consecutive day. There are five more in the Interlake–Eastern health region, five in the Prairie Mountain Health region and two in the Southern Health region...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-1.5899114

126 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths reported in Manitoba
Dr. Jazz Atwal says it could be a few months before businesses see some return to normalcy in workplace
Nicholas Frew ? CBC News ? Posted: Feb 03, 2021 10:54 AM CT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

There are 126 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths, Manitoba public health officials say, as the province's test-positivity rate drops to a low not seen in over three months.

The new cases announced Wednesday follow two double-digit days so far this week.

Close to half (55) of Wednesday's cases are from the Northern Health Region, 32 are in Winnipeg, 24 are in the Interlake-Eastern health region, eight are in the Southern Health region and seven are in the Prairie Mountain Health region.

There are 3,358 active COVID-19 cases in the province, the province's data says, though health officials have said that number may be inflated due to a backlog in data entry.

Cases of variants of the novel coronavirus first reported in the United Kingdom and South Africa have not yet been detected in Manitoba, says Dr. Jazz Atwal, Manitoba's acting deputy chief provincial public health officer.

The five-day test-positivity rate for all of Manitoba is 6.9 per cent, and in Winnipeg, it's down to 3.9 per cent. Manitoba's test-positivity rate was last this low on Oct. 25, 2020...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid19-update-1.5900911

110 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths in Manitoba on Thursday
New online tool will give information on COVID-19 cases in schools, province says
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 04, 2021 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

There are 110 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba on Thursday and two more people have died from the illness, the province says in a news release.

Manitoba's five-day test positivity rate is down slightly to 6.7 per cent, the lowest it's been since Oct. 23. Winnipeg's is down to 3.6 per cent, the release says.

The deaths announced Thursday are a man in his 70s and a woman in her 90s, both from the Winnipeg health region. The woman is linked to the COVID-19 outbreak at the Southeast Personal Care Home, the release says.

Just over one-third of the new cases (39) are in the Northern Health Region, while 33 are in the Interlake-Eastern health region, the release says. The remaining new cases are spread out among the Winnipeg health region (26), the Prairie Mountain Health region (seven) and the Southern Health region (five).

The latest deaths bring Manitoba's total to 837...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-manitoba-reopening-considered-1.5900726

Manitoba considers limited opening of restaurants, gyms and churches as COVID-19 cases trend downward
Outdoor sports, film industry, services at places of worship could resume under new rules
Darren Bernhardt ? CBC News ? Posted: Feb 04, 2021 9:49 AM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

In a little over a week, Manitobans could soon be doing things they haven't in three months: ordering a meal to eat inside a restaurant, working out at a gym and sitting in a church.

The province's COVID-19 curve has been bending in the right direction, which means it's time to look at further reopening the economy, Premier Brian Pallister said Thursday.

As it did ahead of last month's modest loosening of some restrictions, the province has again launched an online survey to gauge public opinion. This time around, though, it's a much more broad reopening.

The province is now floating the idea of allowing restaurants, tattoo parlours, gyms, nail salons and libraries to reopen with limited capacity.

It also is considering allowing places of worship to reopen, increasing capacity for weddings and enabling the film industry and photographers to resume work...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid19-brent-roussin-update-1.5902402


110 new COVID-19 cases, 1 more death in Manitoba Friday
Manitoba surpasses 30,000 total known COVID-19 cases since March 12, 2020
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 05, 2021 9:22 AM CT | Last Updated: 44 minutes ago

There are 110 new COVID-19 cases and one more death from the coronavirus in Manitoba on Friday, health officials say.

The Manitoban who died was a woman in her 40s from the Winnipeg health region. There have now been 838 COVID-19 deaths in Manitoba.

With Friday's cases, Manitoba surpasses 30,000 total known COVID-19 cases since March 12, 2020.

"We've seen, overall, that our numbers continue to be headed in a good direction," said Dr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial public health officer, during a news conference Friday afternoon.

"Of course, we're working hard in certain areas of the Northern Health Region to bring down the numbers that we're seeing."

The Northern Health Region reported the most new cases Friday, with 40, while 38 were reported in the Winnipeg health region. There are 13 new cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region, 11 in the Southern Health region and eight in the Prairie Mountain Health region...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-feb-6-1.5904126

Manitoba sees lowest single-day COVID-19 jump since October, with 82 new cases Saturday
Province reports 4 more COVID-19 deaths, including one linked to Concordia Place outbreak
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 06, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

There are 82 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba Saturday and four more people have died from the illness, the province says in a news release.

That's the lowest one-day increase in cases the province has seen since Oct. 19, when 80 new cases were reported.

The deaths announced Saturday include two men (in their 40s and 80s) from the Winnipeg health region.

Two women — one in her 50s from the Northern Health Region and one in her 90s linked to an outbreak at Winnipeg's Concordia Place Personal Care Home — have also died, the release says.

A little less than half the new cases announced Saturday (36) are in the Winnipeg health region, while 26 are in the Northern Health Region, the release says.

The remaining cases are split between the Prairie Mountain Health region (eight), and the Interlake-Eastern and Southern health regions, which both have six new infections...

 

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Source: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/4-new-covid-19-deaths-in-manitoba-as-case-count-remains-steady-1.5299229

4 new COVID-19 deaths in Manitoba as case count remains steady
Mason DePatie
Videojournalist
Published Sunday, February 7, 2021 12:42PM CST Last Updated Sunday, February 7, 2021 12:43PM CST


WINNIPEG -- Another four Manitobans have died of COVID-19 as Manitoba health officials continue to report double-digit case numbers.

Announced in the province's daily COVID-19 bulletin on Sunday, all of the deaths are from the Winnipeg region.

Three men, one in his 70s, one in his 90s and one in his 100s, died from the virus.

A woman in her 80s linked to the outbreak at the Poseidon Care Centre also died.

The COVID-19 death toll in Manitoba now sits at 846.

Along with the four deaths, health officials announced 80 new COVID-19 cases, the smallest single day number since October 19.

Of the new cases, 31 are in Winnipeg, which has a five-day test positivity rate of 3.8 per cent.

Out of the remaining cases, four are in the Interlake-Eastern health region, 28 are in the Northern health region, nine are in the Prairie Mountain health region and eight are in the Southern Health–Sant? Sud health region.

The total number of cases in Manitoba since early March is 30,237.

The province currently has 3,256 active cases, and 26,135 people have recovered from the virus...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-update-manitoba-1.5905439

53 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba as streak of low daily case numbers continues
4 more deaths for a total of 850, Dr. Brent Roussin says
Rachel Bergen ? CBC News ? Posted: Feb 08, 2021 10:10 AM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

There are 53 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba, public health officials say, continuing a streak of double-digit daily case counts.

Most of the new cases are in the Winnipeg health region, which had 31. There are 12 in the Northern Health Region, four in the Southern Health region, three in the Prairie Mountain Health region and three in the Interlake-Eastern health region.

The daily case tally on Monday is the lowest in the province since Oct. 18. There were 80 new COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday and 82 cases reported on Saturday.

Although COVID-19-related hospitalizations rose to 271 in the province, the number of people in intensive care dropped to 34, which is the lowest since late November...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-update-manitoba-february-9-1.5907168

75 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba Tuesday as coronavirus variant found
3 more deaths reported in Manitoba, bringing total to 853
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 09, 2021 12:33 PM CT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Manitoba has 75 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, as the province's chief public health officer announced the arrival of the coronavirus variant first seen in the U.K.

The variant case is related to international travel and the person has since recovered.

Dr. Brent Roussin says there's no evidence of transmission within Manitoba, but there are travel restrictions and quarantine procedures to protect Manitobans from the more contagious variant.

Of the cases reported today, 51 are in the Winnipeg health region. There are 16 new cases in the Northern Health Region, five in the Southern Health region, three in the Interlake-Eastern health region and no new cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region.

This is the fourth day in a row that Manitoba has had double-digit case tallies. On Monday, the province had 53 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest number since Oct. 18. There were 80 new cases on Sunday and 82 on Saturday...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-manitoba-public-health-orders-1.5906790

Manitoba to reopen museums, indoor rinks, restaurants with limited capacity on Friday
Low case counts prompt eased restrictions; more recreation allowed but only one-on-one coaching indoors
Ian Froese ? CBC News ? Posted: Feb 09, 2021 9:37 AM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Manitobans will once again be able to visit restaurants, gyms and arenas, as the province relaxes the partial lockdown it spent three months enforcing.

The new orders will reopen a sweeping range of businesses, services and activities at a tight 25 per cent capacity in response to declining COVID-19 case counts.

Restaurants, gyms, tattoo parlours, nail salons and libraries can all welcome Manitobans inside starting on Friday. Places of worship also can welcome parishioners, but with stricter capacity limits — 10 per cent or 50 people, whichever is lower.

"Thanks to the caution of Manitobans, we've earned more good news," Premier Brian Pallister said at a news conference Tuesday.

Restrictions are being eased beyond the ideas floated last week, when the province sought public input on the proposal.

Museums, art galleries and yoga studios now have permission to open their doors, under the same 25 per cent cap...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-update-manitoba-feb-10-1.5908491

6 more deaths, 59 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba
Manitoba test positivity rate down to 5.2%, Winnipeg at 4.1%
Rachel Bergen ? CBC News ? Posted: Feb 10, 2021 10:13 AM CT | Last Updated: 38 minutes ago

There are six more deaths and 59 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Wednesday, the day after it was announced the first case of a concerning coronavirus variant has been found in the province.

Of the new cases, over half are in the Northern Health Region, where there are 31. There are 21 in the Winnipeg health region, four in the Southern Health region, two in the Prairie Mountain Health region and one in the Interlake-Eastern health region, says Dr. Jazz Atwal, acting deputy chief provincial public health officer.

This is the fifth day in a row that Manitoba has had double-digit case tallies. The province reported 75 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, and 53 cases the day before.

"Our numbers continue to trend in a good direction. The hard work by Manitobans is paying off," Atwal said.

"We can't let up now, though. We have more work ahead of us and we must keep these numbers consistently as low as possible, both in total case counts and hospitalization numbers, as well."

The six deaths bring the total in Manitoba to 859...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-manitoba-numbers-feb-11-1.5910303

3 deaths and 90 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Manitoba Thursday
Streak of double-digit daily cases continues as test positivity drops below 5%
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 11, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

There are three more deaths and 90 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Thursday as the test positivity rate drops below five per cent in the province for the first time since Oct. 21.

The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 in the province is now 862.

The deaths announced Thursday are a man in his 70s from the Winnipeg region, linked to an outbreak at Southeast Personal Care home, a man in his 90s from the Winnipeg region, linked to an outbreak at St. Boniface Hospital, and a woman in her 70s from the Southern Health region.

The current five-day test positivity rate for Manitoba is 4.9 per cent, while in Winnipeg it is 3.9 per cent.

The test positivity rate for the province hasn't been below five per cent since Oct. 21. However, that's still within the range that indicates community spread.

Earlier this week, the province's chief public health officer announced the arrival of the coronavirus variant first seen in the U.K.

Dr. Jazz Atwal, acting deputy chief provincial public health officer, said Manitoba can now tell whether the variant is detected in positive COVID-19 cases within 48 hours. The province didn't have that ability before, he said.

There are currently 244 people in hospital with COVID-19, including 32 ICU patients. Those numbers include 92 patients who are considered contagious and 152 who are no longer infectious but still require care. Fourteen patients in ICU are still considered infectious while 18 are not but still require care.

There are currently 14 COVID-19 patients on ventilators, six of whom are considered infectious...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-vaccine-update-1.5910312

Manitoba makes deal to buy Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine that just started human clinical trials
Vaccine from Providence Therapeutics still must pass through regulatory hoops before approval
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 11, 2021 10:26 AM CT | Last Updated: 31 minutes ago

Manitoba has made a deal to buy two million doses of a Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine on the condition it gets approved for use in Canada and is delivered by the end of the year.

The province has reached a preliminary agreement to buy a vaccine under development by Calgary-based biotechnology company Providence Therapeutics, which has just started to put its product through human clinical trials, Premier Brian Pallister said at a news conference on Thursday.

Pallister called the availability of vaccines from the federal government to Manitoba the province's, "No. 1 limiting factor" in immunizing its population.

"We can't do our job if the federal government isn't doing its job," Pallister said.

Providence's product is an mRNA vaccine, similar to the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus shots already being administered across Canada...

 

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Source: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/covid-1...oba-on-friday-4-new-deaths-reported-1.5306576

COVID-19 cases spike in southern Manitoba on Friday; 4 new deaths reported
Danton Unger
Editorial Producer - Digital
Published Friday, February 12, 2021 9:33AM CST Last Updated Friday, February 12, 2021 1:38PM CST


WINNIPEG -- Cases of COVID-19 have spiked in the Southern Health Region, as Manitoba reported more cases and deaths on Friday.

Of the 81 new cases reported in the province on Friday, 28 were in the Southern Health Region. This is a significant spike from Thursday when only three cases were reported. The majority of the cases in the region were in the Altona area.

"The majority of those cases reported today were household contacts, so were already isolating and became cases," said Dr. Brent Roussin, the chief provincial public health officer.

He said the province would be following the situation in the Southern health region. He said the goal is to have public health measures stop the transmission chain where it is...

 

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Source: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/manitoba-reports-triple-digit-covid-19-case-numbers-saturday-1.5245442

Manitoba reports triple-digit COVID-19 case numbers Saturday
Mason DePatie
Videojournalist
Published Saturday, February 13, 2021 12:44PM CST

WINNIPEG -- Manitoba health officials are reporting 100 new COVID-19 cases and one death from the virus.

Announced in the province's daily COVID-19 bulletin on Saturday, the death is a man in his 80s from the Winnipeg region.

The COVID-19 death toll in Manitoba now sits at 866. The province said one death was removed because of a data correction.

Of the 100 new cases, 44 are in Winnipeg, which has a five-day test positivity rate of 3.8 per cent.

Out of the remaining cases, two are in the Interlake-Eastern health region, 39 are in the Northern health region, three are in the Prairie Mountain health region and 12 are in the Southern Health–Sant? Sud health region.

The total number of cases in Manitoba since early March is 30,687. The province said one case has been removed due to a data correction.

The province currently has 1,628 active cases, and 28,193 people have recovered from the virus.

The current provincial five-day test positivity rate rose slightly and now sits at 5.0 per cent...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-update-feb-16-1.5915378


4 more deaths, 167 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba over last 2 days
Number of COVID-related deaths in Manitoba since the pandemic began is now 875
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 16, 2021 10:07 AM CT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

4 more deaths, 167 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba over last 2 days
Number of COVID-related deaths in Manitoba since the pandemic began is now 875
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 16, 2021 10:07 AM CT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

There are four more deaths and 167 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba.

The data is total numbers from Monday (71) and Tuesday (96). There was no announcement made Monday due to the Louis Riel Day holiday.

The province's seven-day average number of cases is 82.

The four deaths, all from the Winnipeg health region, are three men — one in his 60s, one in his 70s and one in his 90s — and a woman in her 90s.

The man in his 70s was linked to the outbreak at St. Boniface Hospital Unit B5...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid19-update-1.5916787

1 death, 76 cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba on Wednesday
New outbreaks declared at Health Sciences Centre, St. Boniface Hospital and Brandon care home
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 17, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

There are 76 new cases of COVID-19 and one more death in Manitoba on Wednesday.

The death is a man in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at St. Boniface Hospital Unit 5B.

That outbreak and one at Pembina Manitou Health Centre and Personal Care Home in Manitou have now been declared over.

But new outbreaks have been declared at Valleyview Care Centre Long Term Care Home in Brandon and Health Science Centre GA5 and St. Boniface Hospital Unit A6 South, both in Winnipeg.

Those three facilities have been moved to the red or critical level of the province's pandemic response system.

As it has for several days, the Northern Health Region has more than half of the new cases, with 44...

 

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Source: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/manitob...-triple-digits-hits-139-on-thursday-1.5314385

Manitoba's COVID-19 cases climb into triple digits, hits 139 on Thursday
Devon McKendrick
Digital Editorial Producer
Published Thursday, February 18, 2021 12:04PM CST Last Updated Thursday, February 18, 2021 12:55PM CST

WINNIPEG -- Manitoba saw COVID-19 cases climb into the triple digits again on Thursday with 139.

One previously announced case was removed due to a data correction, meaning the province has had 31,145 cases since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.

Of the new cases, the Northern Health Region continued to lead the way with 75, Winnipeg had 52 cases, five were from the Interlake-Eastern Health Region, four in the Southern Health Region and three in the Prairie Mountain Health Region...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-update-feb-19-1.5919989

3 more cases of infectious coronavirus variant found in Manitoba
New variant cases linked to international travel, no evidence of further spread in province: health official
Caitlyn Gowriluk ? CBC News ? Posted: Feb 19, 2021 9:00 AM CT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Three more cases of the B117 coronavirus variant first detected in the U.K. have been identified in Manitoba.

All three are linked to international travel and have since recovered, deputy chief provincial public health officer Dr. Jazz Atwal said at a Friday afternoon news conference.

Their close contacts ranged from four people to 24, Atwal said, though there is no evidence of further spread of the variant in Manitoba. He said he believes most of those contacts were people who live with those who tested positive...

...Atwal said the additional variant cases serve as reminders to keep following public health orders and only travel if absolutely necessary. Going forward, known B117 cases will be listed daily in Manitoba's COVID-19 news releases, he said.

There are 92 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba on Friday, including 50 in the Northern Health Region and 35 in the Winnipeg health region. There are also three new cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region and two each in the Interlake-Eastern and Southern health regions.

Two more people from Winnipeg have died after getting COVID-19: a man in his 80s and a woman in her 90s. The woman's case was linked to the outbreak at Golden Links Lodge, Atwal said.

Those deaths bring Manitoba's total to 879, after a previously reported death was removed because of a data correction.

Manitoba's five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate fell to 5.7 per cent from six per cent on Thursday, while Winnipeg's dropped to 4.2 from 4.4.

There are now 213 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Manitoba, down by 11 from Thursday. Twenty-seven are still in intensive care...