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Manitoba's latest numbers on COVID-19 among health-care workers
Kayla Rosen
Editorial Producer
Published Monday, February 8, 2021 1:00PM CST
WINNIPEG -- Nearly 1,900 of Manitoba’s health-care workers have contracted COVID-19 since the pandemic began, 30 of whom tested positive in the last week of January.
According to Manitoba’s latest COVID-19 and seasonal influenza surveillance report, which covers Jan. 24 to Jan. 30, 1,875 health-care workers have gotten COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, which is 30 more cases compared to the week before.
The majority of these workers, 1,854 of them, have recovered from the disease and two people have died.
The report shows that of these nearly 1,900 workers, 58 per cent of them are Allied Health and support staff, 28.5 per cent are nurses/licensed practical nurses, 3.8 per cent are physicians or physicians in training, and 2.1 per cent are first responders. For 7.7 per cent of these workers, their occupations are not identified.
As for how they contracted the disease, nearly 60 per cent of the health-care staff got it from close contact with a known case, and 0.7 per cent got it from travel. The province is still investigating how 9.8 per cent of the health-care workers got COVID-19, while for 29.9 per cent, the source of infection is unknown.
The report also shows says that 311 pregnant Manitobans have contracted COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, which is seven more pregnant cases than the week before...
Manitoba's latest numbers on COVID-19 among health-care workers
Kayla Rosen
Editorial Producer
Published Monday, February 8, 2021 1:00PM CST
WINNIPEG -- Nearly 1,900 of Manitoba’s health-care workers have contracted COVID-19 since the pandemic began, 30 of whom tested positive in the last week of January.
According to Manitoba’s latest COVID-19 and seasonal influenza surveillance report, which covers Jan. 24 to Jan. 30, 1,875 health-care workers have gotten COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, which is 30 more cases compared to the week before.
The majority of these workers, 1,854 of them, have recovered from the disease and two people have died.
The report shows that of these nearly 1,900 workers, 58 per cent of them are Allied Health and support staff, 28.5 per cent are nurses/licensed practical nurses, 3.8 per cent are physicians or physicians in training, and 2.1 per cent are first responders. For 7.7 per cent of these workers, their occupations are not identified.
As for how they contracted the disease, nearly 60 per cent of the health-care staff got it from close contact with a known case, and 0.7 per cent got it from travel. The province is still investigating how 9.8 per cent of the health-care workers got COVID-19, while for 29.9 per cent, the source of infection is unknown.
The report also shows says that 311 pregnant Manitobans have contracted COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, which is seven more pregnant cases than the week before...