Manitoba: Covid cases/news October-December 2020

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-tuesday-dec-15-1.5842037

Manitoba passes 500 deaths from COVID-19 as 9 more announced Tuesday
Test-positivity rate rose above 14 per cent for first time since Nov. 28
Cameron MacLean ? CBC News ? Posted: Dec 15, 2020 12:38 PM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Manitoba has passed 500 deaths from COVID-19 as the province added nine more to the total on Tuesday.

Health officials also announced 272 new cases of the illness Tuesday. The provincial test positivity rate rose to 14.2 per cent, the first time it has been above 14 per cent since Nov. 28.

The number of hospitalized patients with active COVID-19 rose to 311, with 78 additional patients who are no longer considered infectious, for a total of 389 people. The number of active cases in intensive care units is 44, plus eight patients who are no longer infectious.

Manitoba health leaders delivered the latest details about COVID-19 in Manitoba via a conference call on Tuesday afternoon, as the first shipment of vaccines arrived in the province.

Despite the rising death toll, continuing pressure on hospitals and the high test-positivity rate, they say there are some hopeful signs.

"We are seeing transmission decrease right across Manitoba. The restrictions are working," Dr. Jazz Atwal, Manitoba's acting deputy chief provincial public health officer, said during the briefing with reporters.

"Manitobans are doing what they need to do. They're adhering to public health advice and we are trending in the right way."...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-manitoba-update-1.5843617

292 new COVID-19 cases, 15 more deaths in Manitoba on Wednesday
'We can't let up at this point,' says top doctor as hospitalizations of infectious patients rise again
CBC News ? Posted: Dec 16, 2020 10:54 AM CT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

There are 292 new COVID-19 cases and 15 more deaths linked to the illness in Manitoba on Wednesday, health officials announced hours after the first Manitobans were immunized with the COVID-19 vaccine.

While the vaccinations represent a "glimmer of hope," Dr. Brent Roussin said, the chief provincial public health officer urged people in the province to keep following public health orders.

"We've been dealing with this virus for nine months. We're going to have to deal with it for many more months. But today, we start fighting back," Roussin said at a news conference on Wednesday.

"We've made it this far; we can't let up at this point."

The most recent deaths include two people in their 40s, Roussin said: a man from the Winnipeg health region and a woman linked to the outbreak at Kin Place in Oakbank.

Two people in their 50s are also among the latest fatalities: a man from the Interlake-Eastern health region and a woman linked to the outbreak at Concordia Hospital's N3W unit...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-thursday-dec-17-1.5845597

Woman in 30s among 14 COVID-19 deaths as Manitoba sees lowest daily case tally in weeks
Provincial test positivity rate falls to lowest level in a month
Cameron MacLean ? CBC News ? Posted: Dec 17, 2020 12:32 PM CT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago


Manitoba posted its lowest daily total of new COVID-19 cases in more than a month on Thursday, as well as the lowest five-day test-positivity rate since mid-November.

Public health officials announced 14 more deaths related to the illness, along with 221 new cases. That's the lowest single-day jump in cases since Nov. 3, when 103 new cases were reported.

The provincial test positivity fell to 13 per cent, down from 13.6 per cent and reaching its lowest level since Nov. 15. The rate in Winnipeg Thursday was 13.2 per cent.

Despite those signs of improvement, health leaders say medical and intensive care units are still strained by the number of patients they're seeing.

"I certainly don't feel like we're out of the woods yet," said Lanette Siragusa, chief nursing officer for Manitoba Shared Health...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-friday-dec-18-1.5847342

Manitoba COVID-19 cases jump by 350 as 10 more deaths announced
Test positivity rate rose to 13.6 per cent on Friday
CBC News ? Posted: Dec 18, 2020 12:07 PM CT | Last Updated: 44 minutes ago

The number of new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba jumped again on Friday, as outbreaks in remote First Nation communities pushed the daily case count in the Northern Health region to its second-highest level since the start of the pandemic.

Another 10 people have died in Manitoba and the number of new COVID-19 cases hit 350, after staying below 300 every other day this week, Dr. Jazz Atwal announced Friday. The Northern Health region had 89 of those new cases.

Atwal, Manitoba's acting deputy chief public health officer, filled in at the coronavirus briefing for Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin, who is taking time off over the holidays...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-manitoba-update-december-19-1.5848823

9 more deaths, 238 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba Saturday
Winnipeg's five-day test positivity rate is 12%, provincewide rate at 13.2%
Rachel Bergen ? CBC News ? Posted: Dec 19, 2020 12:30 PM CT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

There are 238 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Saturday and nine more people have died from the illness, according to a provincial news release.

That brings the total number of deaths related to COVID-19 to 556, nearly half of them within the last three weeks.

Four of the deaths reported Saturday are linked to outbreaks, including:

A woman in her 70s linked to the outbreak at Morris General Hospital.
Two women — one in her 70s and one in her 80s — connected to the outbreak at Fred Douglas Lodge in Winnipeg.
A woman in her 90s connected to the outbreak at Park Manor care home in Winnipeg.

Three other people from Winnipeg are among the latest deaths — a woman in her 50s and a man and a woman in their 80s — along with a woman in her 60s from the Northern Health region and a woman in her 70s from Interlake-Eastern.

There are 298 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are considered infectious, including 44 in intensive care.

On Friday, there were a total of 378 people in hospital with the illness, including 305 considered infectious. There were 50 total cases in intensive care units Friday, with 43 still infectious...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-update-manitoba-december-20-1.5849270

30-year-old among 13 new deaths reported in Manitoba on Sunday
229 new cases, test positivity rate the lowest it's been in more than a month at 12.2% provincewide
Rachel Bergen ? CBC News ? Posted: Dec 20, 2020 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

There are 229 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Sunday and 13 more people have died from the illness, including a man in his 30s, according to a provincial news release.

That brings the total number of deaths related to COVID-19 to 569, nearly half of them within the last three weeks.

Ten of the new deaths were individuals from the Winnipeg health region, including a man in his 30s linked to the outbreak at St. Amant and a woman in her 40s...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-monday-dec-21-1.5850110

Manitoba sees lowest COVID-19 numbers in weeks with 167 new cases, 4 deaths
CBC News ? Posted: Dec 21, 2020 12:14 PM CT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

Manitoba announced four deaths and 167 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the lowest numbers in more than a month.

This is the first time since Nov. 3 that Manitoba's daily count of new cases has been below 200.

Manitoba also posted its lowest test-positivity rate in more than a month, at 11.5 per cent...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-tuesday-dec-22-1.5851745

18 more deaths, 155 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba
CBC News ? Posted: Dec 22, 2020 12:35 PM CT | Last Updated: 24 minutes ago

Another 18 people have died from COVID-19 in Manitoba, and there are 155 new cases of the illness in the province on Tuesday, according to the province's online dashboard.

Tuesday's numbers come one day after Manitoba Manitoba posted its lowest daily case count and number of deaths in more than a month, with 167 cases and four deaths reported Monday.

The number of deaths announced Tuesday is just shy of Manitoba's record of 19 in a single day, and matches the numbers announced on Dec. 9 and Dec. 12...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-1.5852918

201 new COVID-19 cases, 15 more deaths in Manitoba on Wednesday
2 Winnipeg men in their 40s among latest deaths, Manitoba's acting deputy chief public health officer says
CBC News ? Posted: Dec 23, 2020 10:39 AM CT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

There are 201 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba and 15 more people have died from the illness, health officials announced Wednesday.

Manitoba's five-day test positivity rate — a rolling average of the COVID-19 tests that come back positive — is down to 10.4 per cent from 11.5 per cent on Tuesday. That's the lowest it's been since Nov. 9, when the provincewide rate was 9.5 per cent...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-1.5854353

Woman in her 30s among 12 COVID-19 deaths, as Manitoba reports 244 new cases
Some coronavirus test sites in province close for Christmas, some open with reduced hours over holidays
CBC News ? Posted: Dec 24, 2020 12:27 PM CT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

A woman in her 30s in the Southern Health region is one of a dozen more Manitobans who have died from COVID-19, the province said in a news release on Thursday.

The latest deaths, which bring Manitoba's total fatalities to 617, were announced as the province reported 244 new cases of the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.

Meanwhile, the number of people in hospital and intensive care with COVID-19 were down slightly on Thursday.

There are now 346 people in hospital who have tested positive for COVID-19, the release said. Of those, 254 are still considered infectious and 92 are no longer contagious but still require care.

There are also 41 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in intensive care, including 35 whose cases are considered active and six who are no longer infectious, the release said...

 

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Source: https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=50121&posted=2020-12-30


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December 30, 2020

COVID-19 BULLETIN #299

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Public health officials advise two additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a female in her 70s from the Northern health region, linked to the outbreak at Thompson General Hospital MSP ward; and
• a female in her 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to the outbreak at Fairview Personal Care Home.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 12.6 per cent provincially and 11.9 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 130 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases were removed due to data correction and brings the net new cases to 128 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 24,513.

Today’s COVID-19 data shows:
• 11 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
• 11 cases in the Northern health region;
• eight cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• eight cases in the Southern Health–Sant? Sud health region; and
• 92 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:
• 4,444 active cases and 19,408 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
• there are 248 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 89 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 337 hospitalizations;
• there are 32 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as four people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care for a total of 36 ICU patients; and
• the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 661.

Laboratory testing numbers show 1,193 tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February to 419,542. Case investigations continue and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.

An outbreak has been declared at the Benito Health Centre in Benito. The site has been moved to Critical (Red) on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System.

In addition, the outbreaks have been declared over at the Hamiota Health Centre in Hamiota and Rest Haven Personal Care Home and Bethesda Place, both in Steinbach.

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.

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. Testing should be done as soon as possible once symptoms appear. For information on COVID-19 symptoms and guidance on when you should get tested, visit https://manitoba.ca/covid19/fundamentals/symptoms.html.

Manitobans should only leave their homes for essential purposes. When leaving the house to obtain essentials, 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, do not socialize with anyone from outside your household.

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

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.

Updated enforcement statistics are posted online weekly. For more information, go to the Cross-Departmental Reports section at https://manitoba.ca/openmb/infomb/de...nts/index.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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For more information:

• Public information, contact Manitoba Government Inquiry: 1-866-626-4862 or 204-945-3744.
• Media requests for general information, contact Communications Services Manitoba: 204-945-3765.
• Media requests for ministerial comment, contact Communications and Stakeholder Relations: 204-794-0732.