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NEW Last updated: November 27, 2020

Public health officials advise fourteen additional deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported today, including:

  • A Male in his 50’s from the Winnipeg region;
  • A Male in his 50’s from the Interlake-Eastern region;
  • A Male in his 70’s from the Interlake-Eastern region;
  • A Male in his 70’s from the Winnipeg region;
  • A Male in his 70’s from the Southern Health-Sante Sud region;
  • A Female in her 70’s from the Winnipeg region and linked to the outbreak at Parkview Place; 
  • A Female in her 80’s from the Winnipeg region and linked to the outbreak at the Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre;
  • A Female in her 80’s from the Winnipeg region and linked to the outbreak at the Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre;
  • A Female in her 90’s from the Prairie Mountain Health region and linked to the Fairview Home outbreak;
  • A Male in his 90’s from the Southern Health -Sante Sud region and linked to the outbreak at the Rest Haven Nursing Home;
  • A Male in his 90’s from the Winnipeg region and linked to the outbreak at the St. Norbert personal care home outbreak;
  • A Male in his 90’s from the Winnipeg region and linked to the outbreak at the Golden Links Lodge; and
  • A Male in his 90’s from the Winnipeg region and linked to the outbreak at the Golden Links Lodge.
  • A Female in her 100’s from the Winnipeg region and linked to the outbreak at the Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre;

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 14.5 per cent provincially and 14.2 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. 344 new cases of the virus have been identified and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 15,632.

Today’s data shows:

  • 15 cases in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
  • 73 cases in the Northern health region;
  • 13 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
  • 65 cases in the Southern Health-Santé Sud health region; and
  • 178 cases in the Winnipeg health region.

The data also shows:

  • 8,865 active cases and 6,487 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19;
  • there are 322 people in hospital with 45 people in intensive care; and
  • the number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 280.

Laboratory testing numbers show 3,110 tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February to 345,708. Case investigations continue and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.

Public health officials have advised that outbreaks have been declared at the Misericordia Health Centre on their Transitional Care Unit C6 in Winnipeg, Grace Hospital unit 4 South in Winnipeg, Kin Place Personal Care Home in Oakbank. The site has been moved to Critical (red) on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System.

The outbreaks declared at Collège Louis-Riel, Collège Leo Remillard and the Convalescent Home all in Winnipeg have been declared over.

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: https://www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/updates/flights.html#event and click on your region.

The chief provincial public health officer urges Manitobans to 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.

Public health officials are also advising that anyone who is symptomatic, or has a household member who is symptomatic, the entire household needs to self-isolate pending COVID-19 test results.  For information on self-isolation, visit https://manitoba.ca/covid19/fundamentals/self-isolation.html.

NEW November 27, 2020 - COVID-19 Bulletin #268

 

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