Manitoba, Canada: 2021/2022 Covid cases

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-1.5921696

95 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths in Manitoba on Saturday
No new cases of coronavirus variants of concern, after 3 Manitoba cases of B117 variant reported Friday
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 20, 2021 12:33 PM CT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

There are 95 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba on Saturday and three more people have died after getting the illness, the province says in a news release.

Nearly two-thirds of the new cases — 59 — are in the hard-hit Northern Health Region, which is dealing with several outbreaks.

Another 31 of the new cases on Saturday are in the Winnipeg health region, the release says, while the remaining new cases are split between the Interlake-Eastern health region (three) and the Southern Health region (two). There are no new cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region.

The deaths announced Saturday are all linked to outbreaks in the Winnipeg health region, including two at the same hospital, the release says.

A woman in her 60s connected to Seven Oaks General Hospital's 3U1-3 unit, a man in his 80s linked to the hospital's 3U4-7 unit and a woman in her 90s at the Actionmarguerite St. Boniface care home have died.

Those deaths bring the province's total to 882...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/mani...es-manitoba-disproportionate-affect-1.5920300

While only 10% of the population, First Nations account for nearly 70% of Manitoba's COVID-19 cases
'Our numbers are getting worse:' AMC Grand Chief Arlen Dumas
Ian Froese ? CBC News ? Posted: Feb 19, 2021 3:23 PM CT | Last Updated: February 19

The pandemic's wrath is still disproportionately affecting First Nations people in Manitoba, who now account for two-thirds of all active COVID-19 infections in the province.

Manitoba has 788 active cases involving First Nations people, amounting to 67 per cent of all cases, the province's First Nations COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team reported on Friday.

First Nations people make up about 10 per cent of Manitoba's population.

"This threat that we're experiencing is impacting all of us," Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Arlen Dumas said during a Facebook broadcast.

"Our numbers are getting worse in comparison to the province."

The coronavirus's stranglehold on some First Nations communities is a key reason Manitoba is prioritizing First Nations people in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout strategy...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-1.5922201

Manitoba reports lowest daily COVID-19 case count in nearly 2 weeks, with 58 on Sunday
Deaths of 2 more Manitobans also announced, bringing province's total to 884
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 21, 2021 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

Manitoba reported its lowest daily increase in COVID-19 cases in nearly two weeks on Sunday, when 58 new infections were reported in a news release.

Most of those cases are in the Northern Health Region (25) and the Winnipeg health region (24), the release says.

The rest are split between the Southern Health region (five) and the Interlake-Eastern health region (four). The Prairie Mountain Health region reported no new COVID-19 infections for the second straight day.

The last time Manitoba's number of daily new COVID-19 cases was that low was on Feb. 8, when 53 new infections were announced.

Two more people have died in Manitoba after contracting COVID-19.

The deaths announced Sunday are a man in his 70s and a woman in her 80s, the release says. The woman was from the Winnipeg health region, while the man was connected to the outbreak at Niverville's Heritage Life Personal Care Home.

The latest deaths bring Manitoba's total to 884.

Manitoba's five-day test positivity rate is still 5.3 per cent, while Winnipeg's rose to 4.1 per cent from four per cent on Saturday...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid19-update-brent-roussin-1.5922919

97 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths as Manitoba ramps up close contact, isolation guidelines
Number of confirmed cases of B117 variant remains at 4 in Manitoba
Rachel Bergen ? CBC News ? Posted: Feb 22, 2021 10:33 AM CT | Last Updated: 35 minutes ago

Manitoba reports 97 more COVID-19 cases on Monday and two more deaths as the province's top doctor announced stricter rules for close contacts of known coronavirus cases.

That brings the total number of deaths related to the novel coronavirus in Manitoba to 886.

Of the new cases, more than half — 54 — are in the Winnipeg health region. There are also 36 cases in the Northern Health Region, four in the Interlake-Eastern health region, two in the Southern Health region and one in the Prairie Mountain Health region.

Both of the deaths were women in their 90s in the Winnipeg health region. One of them was linked to an outbreak at the Charleswood Care Centre.

Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin said he's heard of people who had 60 contacts and someone who had guests at their house while awaiting COVID-19 test results, which later came back positive...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-update-manitoba-february-23-1.5924503

Manitoba reports 1 more case of coronavirus variant first detected in U.K.
76 new COVID-19 cases, zero deaths reported in Manitoba
Rachel Bergen ? CBC News ? Posted: Feb 23, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Another case of a more contagious coronavirus variant has been identified in Manitoba.

The new case brings the total number of confirmed cases of the B117 variant in the province to five, the daily COVID-19 bulletin says, but no further information about the case was released.

In total there are 76 new COVID-19 cases and no more deaths to report on Tuesday, the news release says.

Of the new cases, more than half — 46 — are in the Winnipeg health region. There are 21 cases in the Northern Health Region, seven in the Interlake-Eastern health region, one in the Prairie Mountain Health region and none in the Southern Health region.

It's only the second time in four months the province has released a COVID-19 update with no new deaths. The last time was Oct. 20. On another day, the province didn't release any data on deaths because of a data reset...

 

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Source: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/one-death-45-new-covid-19-cases-in-manitoba-on-wednesday-1.5322560

One death, 45 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba on Wednesday
Charles Lefebvre
Supervising News Producer - Digital
Published Wednesday, February 24, 2021 12:47PM CST

WINNIPEG -- Manitoba’s trend of low case numbers and deaths continued on Wednesday, with one new death and fewer than 50 cases announced.

The one death was located in Winnipeg and was a woman in her 90s. Her death was linked to an outbreak at Oakview Place Personal Care Home.

On Wednesday, Manitoba also announced 45 new COVID-19 cases, and removed six previous cases due to data corrections. Since March 2020, there have been 31,590 COVID-19 cases in the province.

Winnipeg saw the most cases with 23, followed by the Northern Health Region with 10. Eight cases were reported in the Southern Health Region, three cases were in the Interlake-Eastern Health Region, and one case was reported in the Prairie Mountain Health Region.

Manitoba’s five-day test-positivity rate is 4.6 per cent. The rate is four per cent in Winnipeg.

There are currently 1,196 active cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba, while 29,507 have recovered...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-1.5927645

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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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-1.5929223

Manitoba's COVID-19 test positivity rate continues to drop, as province reports 64 new cases
Death of man in 70s announced as province expands vaccine eligibility again
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 26, 2021 10:08 AM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Manitoba reported 64 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday as the province's test positivity rate dipped to its lowest point in more than four months.

The five-day rate — a rolling average of the proportion of COVID-19 tests that come back positive for the illness — dropped again to 3.9 per cent on Friday, from 4.3 the day before. In Winnipeg, that rate is now 3.3 per cent, down from 3.8, Dr. Jazz Atwal, Manitoba's deputy chief provincial public health officer, said at a news conference.

The last time it was below four per cent was on Oct. 13, when it was 3.5 per cent.

A man in his 70s from the Southern Health region has died after getting COVID-19, Atwal said, bringing Manitoba's total deaths in the pandemic to 889.

The province again expanded the list of people eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine on Friday — this time to include First Nations people born on or before Dec. 31, 1948, and members of the general population born on or before Dec. 31, 1928.

That update, which expanded the eligibility window by two years, marked the third straight day Manitoba opened up eligibility to more people...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-1.5929304

90 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths in Manitoba on Saturday
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 27, 2021 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

There are 90 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba on Saturday and four more people have died from the illness, the province says in a news release.

Manitoba's test positivity rate continued to drop, falling to 3.7 per cent on Saturday — the lowest figure since Oct. 13, when it was 3.5 per cent. That marks a decline from 3.9 per cent on Friday.

In Winnipeg, the rate dropped to 3.2 per cent, down from 3.3...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-1.5931123

50 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths in Manitoba on Sunday
Northern, Winnipeg health regions each have 21 new infections
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 28, 2021 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

There are 50 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba on Sunday and two more people have died after getting the illness, the province says in a news release.

Manitoba's five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is still 3.7 per cent, the release says, while Winnipeg's dropped to 2.7 per cent from 3.2 on Saturday.

Most of the new cases are split evenly between the Northern Health Region and the Winnipeg health region, the release says, each with 21 new infections. There are also five new cases in the Southern Health region, two in the Interlake-Eastern health region and one in the Prairie Mountain Health region.

The deaths announced Sunday are both in the Winnipeg health region: a man in his 80s and a woman in her 90s.

There are now 192 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Manitoba, up by three since Saturday. Twenty-six people are in intensive care, down by one...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid19-update-brent-roussin-manitoba-1.5931697

Manitoba posts lowest daily case tally in months with 35 COVID-19 cases Monday
Province releases COVID-19 data related to race, ethnicity
Rachel Bergen ? CBC News ? Posted: Mar 01, 2021 9:23 AM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Manitoba reports one death and 35 more COVID-19 cases on Monday, the lowest daily case count since Oct. 7, when the province reported 32 cases.

Of the new cases, 16 are in the Winnipeg health region, 16 are in the Northern Health Region, two are in the Interlake-Eastern health region and one is in the Southern Health region. There are no new cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region.

"These numbers are quite encouraging," Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin said.

"But we're still at a precarious spot right now, with variants of concern now in Manitoba, and we're starting to reopen things. We just want to keep those numbers down so we don't ever have to go back."

There are no new confirmed cases of the B117 coronavirus variant first identified in the United Kingdom, leaving the total number reported in Manitoba at five.

A man in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region died, the province said.

That brings the total number of deaths related to the novel coronavirus to 896.

Manitoba's five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate — a rolling average of the number of tests that come back positive — is up slightly to 3.9 per cent from 3.7 per cent on the weekend, and Winnipeg's is up to three per cent from 2.7 on Sunday...

 

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Source: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/first-cases-of-b-1-3-5-1-variant-found-in-manitoba-1.5330507

First cases of B.1.3.5.1 variant found in Manitoba
Devon McKendrick
Digital Editorial Producer
Published Tuesday, March 2, 2021 12:57PM CST

WINNIPEG -- The province is announcing a second COVID-19 variant has been discovered in Manitoba.

On Tuesday as part of the daily COVID-19 bulletin, the province said two instances of the B.1.3.5.1 variant, which was first reported in South Africa, have been found.

An additional one case of the B.1.1.7 variant, which is from the United Kingdom, was also found, bringing the total to six in Manitoba.

All of the variants were found in the Winnipeg area.

The province also announced two new deaths linked to COVID-19. There have been 898 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

One death was a man in his 70s from the Interlake-Eastern Health Region, and the second death was a man in his 50s from the Winnipeg Health Region. His death was linked to the outbreak at the Seven Oaks Hospital Unit 3U 4–7.

Manitoba also added 64 new cases, however, eight previously announced cases were removed due to data corrections. There have been 31,950 COVID cases since March 2020...

 

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Source: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/2-covid-19-related-deaths-134-new-cases-reported-in-sask-1.5329976

2 COVID-19 related deaths, 134 new cases reported in Sask.
CTVNewsRegina.ca
Published Tuesday, March 2, 2021 8:38AM CST Last Updated Tuesday, March 2, 2021 2:31PM CST

REGINA -- http://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/all-sas...ine-doses-province-says-1.5330660Saskatchewan reported two new deaths in individuals who had tested positive for COVID-19, as well as 134 new cases.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and health officials will give a live COVID-19 update Tuesday at 3 p.m. This event will be streamed live on CTVNewsRegina.ca and CTVNewsSaskatoon.ca.

The two residents who died were both over 80, one in the North Central zone, the other in Saskatoon.

There are 1,492 active cases in the province. The seven-day average of daily new cases is 144, or 11.8 new cases per 100,000 people...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-manitoba-march-3-1.5934782

51 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths reported in Manitoba
Province has reported double-digit daily new cases numbers each day this week
CBC News ? Posted: Mar 03, 2021 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Manitoba continues to report some of the lowest daily counts of new COVID-19 cases the province has seen in months.

There were 51 new cases of the illness and three more COVID-19-related deaths reported Wednesday, according to a news release.

The update comes as the province announced plans to delay the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines by up to four months in order to get more of the population vaccinated faster.

The five-day test positivity rate in Manitoba is now at 3.8 per cent — a drop from Tuesday's four per cent — while in Winnipeg it is at 3.2 per cent, unchanged from Tuesday...

 

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7677199/covid-19-cases-manitoba-coronavirus-march-4/

Two deaths, 51 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba Thursday
By Sam Thompson Global News
Posted March 4, 2021 1:50 pm
Updated March 4, 2021 1:51 pm

Fifty-one new cases of COVID-19 and two pandemic-related deaths have been reported on Thursday in Manitoba.

Provincial health officials said a woman in her 20s and a woman in her 90s — both from Winnipeg — have died, bringing the total number of deaths in the province to 903.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 3.2 per cent provincially and 2.6 per cent in Winnipeg...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-manitoba-march-5-1.5938097

1 coronavirus variant case, 54 others identified in Manitoba
5-day test positivity rate hits 3% for first time since October
CBC News ? Posted: Mar 05, 2021 11:17 AM CT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Manitoba has 54 more cases of COVID-19 and one more person has died from the virus.

Another case of the B1351 variant that was first identified in South Africa has been confirmed. The case was found in the Winnipeg region.

There are now nine confirmed cases involving more transmissible coronavirus variants in the province.

No details were given on whether the new case is travel-related, but Dr. Jazz Atwal, deputy chief provincial public health officer for Manitoba, said the province doesn't believe there is any risk to the public from any of the cases of more transmissible COVID-19 variants.

"I know a number of these are related to travel and I believe those cases have been closed already," he said during a news conference Friday.

The five-day test positivity rate is three per cent in Manitoba and 2.4 per cent in Winnipeg. The province's test positivity rate hasn't been that low since Oct. 10.

The death announced Friday was a woman in her 90s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at Golden Links Lodge...

 

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Source: https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=50931

March 8, 2021
COVID-19 BULLETIN #366

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Public health officials advise one additional death in a person with COVID-19 has been reported today:
? a female in her 80s from the Northern health region.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 3.5 per cent provincially and 2.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 63 new cases of the virus have been identified. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 32,288.

Case investigations continue and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.

Today?s COVID-19 data shows:
? zero cases in Interlake?Eastern health region;
? 36 cases in the Northern health region;
? zero cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
? two cases in the Southern Health?Sant? Sud health region; and
? 25 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:
? 1,145 active cases and 30,236 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
? 54 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 110 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 164 hospitalizations;
? 10 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 12 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 22 ICU patients;
? due to a data correction, one death that had been reported earlier has been removed so the total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 907; and
? the total number of confirmed variant of concern cases of B.1.1.7 is six and B.1.351 is three, bringing the total number of confirmed variant of concern cases to nine.

Laboratory testing numbers show 1,390 tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February 2020 to 538,759.

Additional data related to COVID-19, including data on outbreaks as well as some downloadable and historic data, can be found at https://geoportal.gov.mb.ca/.

Public health officials advise of a possible exposure March 4 at St. Andrew?s Ukrainian Church, 160 Euclid Ave. in Winnipeg from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. High-risk contacts have already been contacted by public health officials. However, any person concerned about their exposure to or risk of having COVID-19 should call Health Links?Info Sant? at 204-788-8200 or (toll-free) 1-888-315-9257 to be screened to see if a test is required. For up-to-date information on testing sites, visit www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/locations.html.

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.

An outbreak has been declared at St. Boniface Hospital unit E5 in Winnipeg. The facility has been moved to the Critical (Red) level on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System.

The outbreak has been declared over at Holy Family Personal Care Home in Winnipeg.

The chief provincial public health officer reminds Manitobans to self-isolate immediately at the onset of possible COVID-19 symptoms, no matter how mild. This means staying home from work, school or other daily activities, and not visiting with others. Testing should be done as soon as possible once symptoms appear. For information on COVID-19 symptoms and guidance on when you should be tested, visit https://manitoba.ca/covid19/fundamentals/symptoms.html.

Manitobans are encouraged to travel only if essential and be sure to physically distance, wear a mask in indoor public places and avoid crowded spaces. Do not leave the home if you are sick, or when any member of your family is sick. Further, only socialize with your two designated people as per the current public health orders.

Public health officials are also advising that if anyone is symptomatic, or has a household member who is symptomatic, the entire household needs to self-isolate pending COVID-19 test results. For health-care workers, exceptions may apply and staff may be able/required to report to work after contacting their workplace occupational health services or designate. For information on self-isolation, including exceptions, visit www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/fundamentals/self-isolation.html.

The online COVID-19 self-assessment tool can be found at https://sharedhealthmb.ca/covid19/screening-tool/ and COVID-19 symptoms can be found at https://manitoba.ca/covid19/fundamentals/symptoms.html.

For up-to-date information on COVID-19 in Manitoba, visit www.manitoba.ca/COVID19.

For up-to-date information on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System, visit:
https://manitoba.ca/covid19/restartmb/prs/index.html.

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-tuesday-march-9-1.5942360

13 new cases of more contagious coronavirus variants confirmed in Manitoba
5 cases of variant first identified in U.K., 8 cases of variant first found in South Africa
CBC News ? Posted: Mar 09, 2021 12:34 PM CT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Health officials have confirmed 13 new cases of more contagious coronavirus variants in Manitoba, including five new cases of the variant first identified in the United Kingdom and eight cases of the variant first found in South Africa.

All cases are from the Winnipeg Health region, and the majority are either travel or close-contact related, the provincial government said in a news release.

Most of the cases of the B1351 variant first found in South Africa were found through retroactive screening of samples from February, the province said.

"At this time, there is no evidence of widespread community transmission of either variant of concern. Case investigations continue and the public will be informed should the risk profile change," the news release said.

There have now been 22 cases of variants of concern confirmed in Manitoba, including 11 cases of the B117 variant ? the variant first found in the U.K. ? and 11 of the B1351 variant.

The announcement of the new variant cases comes one day after the province announced it would start screening all COVID-19 samples for the B1315 variant, as well as the B117 variant.

There are 66 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one new death in Manitoba on Tuesday, health officials announced.

The death is a woman in her 70s from the Winnipeg Health region...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-1.5943768

77 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death in Manitoba on Wednesday
Almost half of new infections in Northern Health Region, province says
CBC News ? Posted: Mar 10, 2021 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

There are 77 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba on Wednesday and one more person has died after getting the illness, the province said in a news release.

Nearly half those cases ? 36 ? are in the Northern Health Region, the release said. There are also 24 new cases in the Winnipeg health region, nine in the Southern Health region, six in the Prairie Mountain Health region and two in the Interlake-Eastern Health region.

Manitoba's five-day test positivity rate is still 3.8 per cent, the release said, while Winnipeg's rose to 2.9 per cent from 2.7.

The death announced Wednesday, which brought Manitoba's total coronavirus-linked fatalities to 908, was a woman in her 90s linked to Winnipeg's River East Personal Care Home.

There are now 162 COVID-19 patients in hospital in Manitoba, down by one since Tuesday. Twenty-one of those people are in intensive care, also down by one.

No new cases of any coronavirus variants of concern were reported on Wednesday, one day after a total of 13 new cases of the variants first detected in South Africa and the U.K. were announced. That update brought the total number of variant cases identified in Manitoba to 22...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-update-manitoba-1.5945485

Public may have been exposed to highly transmissible coronavirus variant at 3 Winnipeg locations
91 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths linked to illness also announced Thursday
CBC News ? Posted: Mar 11, 2021 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: 24 minutes ago

People in Winnipeg might have been exposed to a highly contagious coronavirus variant last weekend, the province says in a news release.

The possible public exposures to two probable cases of the B117 variant first identified in the U.K. happened on the following days at these locations:

March 5 ? Silver Heights Restaurant at 2169 Portage Ave. in Winnipeg from 5 to 7 p.m.
March 6 ? Chicken Chef Restaurant at Unicity Mall, 3770 Portage Ave. in Winnipeg from 5 to 7 p.m.
March 6 ? Garden City Hairstylists in the Garden City Shopping Centre at #143-2305 McPhillips St. in Winnipeg from noon to 12:30 p.m.

Anyone worried they were potentially exposed should call Health Links at 204-788-8200 or 1-888-315-9257 (toll-free) to see if they need to be tested for COVID-19, the release says.

A spokesperson for the province said the two probable cases of the B117 variant and their close contacts are self-isolating and waiting for confirmed test results to determine whether their cases are in fact that variant.

No further details will be given for privacy reasons, the spokesperson said.

The total number of variant cases identified in Manitoba remains 22: 11 of the variant first discovered in the U.K. and 11 of the B1351 variant first identified in South Africa.

Of those 22 cases, eight are linked to travel and 11 are close contacts of known cases. Contact tracers don't know how or where the other three people got the variant, the provincial spokesperson said.

"We are continuing with case investigations, particularly for the unknown acquisition cases, and will notify the public if there is widespread risk identified," they said.

"At this time, there is no evidence of widespread community transmission of either variant of concern but investigations continue."
Highest case count in over 2 weeks

The province also reported 91 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths linked to the illness...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid19-update-brent-roussin-manitoba-1.5947028

104 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba as church, restaurant patio rules eased
1st time in more than 3 weeks daily case count has cracked 100
CBC News ? Posted: Mar 12, 2021 9:40 AM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago


Another person has died and Manitoba has 104 new cases of COVID-19, health officials announced Friday, the one-year anniversary of the first cases of the coronavirus in the province.

They also announced a slight loosening of restrictions to allow small groups of people from different households to sit together on restaurant patios, and the removal of masks while seated and distanced from other households at churches.

The most recent death was a woman in her 80s linked to the outbreak at the Convalescent Home of Winnipeg. This brings the total number of COVID-19 deaths in Manitoba to 912.

This is the first time in more than three weeks that Manitoba has a daily case count above 100. The last time was on Feb. 18, when 139 cases were announced.

"Our case numbers are very slowly creeping up, if you noticed over the last week or so, as has the test positivity," Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba's chief public health officer, said at a news conference.

Manitoba's five-day test-positivity rate rose to 4.1 per cent on Friday, up from 3.7 per cent on Thursday. In Winnipeg, the rate is three per cent, up from 2.7 per cent.

The rising numbers shouldn't come as a surprise, Roussin said...