Manitoba announced 95 new cases of #COVID19 and 4 more deaths on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021.
Active cases: 3,456*
Total caseload: 28,996
Recovered: 24,727
Deaths: 813
*Overstated due to backlog in designating active cases as recovered.
Active cases: 3,456*
Total caseload: 28,996
Recovered: 24,727
Deaths: 813
*Overstated due to backlog in designating active cases as recovered.
Five-day Manitoba #COVID19 test-positivity rate: 9.6 per cent (down 0.7 percentage points)
Tests completed Tuesday: 1,576
Tests completed Tuesday: 1,576
Regional breakdown of new Manitoba #COVID19 cases:
44 Winnipeg
33 Northern
3 Southern
3 Prairie Mountain
44 Winnipeg
33 Northern
3 Southern
3 Prairie Mountain
The latest Manitobans to succumb to #COVID19:
• A Southern woman in her 70s
• A Southern man in his 70s
• A Winnipeg woman in her 70s
• A Winnipeg man in his 90s (Concordia Place Personal Care Home outbreak)
• A Southern woman in her 70s
• A Southern man in his 70s
• A Winnipeg woman in her 70s
• A Winnipeg man in his 90s (Concordia Place Personal Care Home outbreak)
Winnipeg test-positivity rate: 6.1 per cent
Renewed outbreak:
- Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre, Winnipeg
Outbreaks over:
- Milner Ridge Correctional Centre, northeast of Beausejour
- Headingley Correctional Centre, Headingley
- St. Norbert Personal Care Home, Winnipeg
- Lions Personal Care Home, Winnipeg
- Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre, Winnipeg
Outbreaks over:
- Milner Ridge Correctional Centre, northeast of Beausejour
- Headingley Correctional Centre, Headingley
- St. Norbert Personal Care Home, Winnipeg
- Lions Personal Care Home, Winnipeg
Health Minister Heather Stefanson on vaccine rollout: Question marks remain due to supply.
Says MB plan has question marks but it's better to put it out, based on information the province has.
Says MB plan has question marks but it's better to put it out, based on information the province has.
Dr. Reimer is now going over the vaccine info presented to reporters at 10 a.m.
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Reimer: There have been 18 adverse effects so far after administering 33,361 vaccine doses.
Reimer asked why not use existing essential-worker list for basis of giving shots to essential workers.
She says she'd love to give them all shots today. She says aged-based approach will be more effective at reducing deaths and serious illnesses.
She says she'd love to give them all shots today. She says aged-based approach will be more effective at reducing deaths and serious illnesses.
Reimer asked why immunocomprised people are not prioritized.
She again says aged-based approach captures most health conditions.
She again says aged-based approach captures most health conditions.
Stefanson asked why Manitobans should be confident vaccinations will be carried out effectively when the province struggled with the pandemic response in the fall.
She says she has confidence in the vaccination task force.
She says she has confidence in the vaccination task force.
Reimer asked about younger adults with serious health conditions.
She says aged-based plan is not set in stone.
She says aged-based plan is not set in stone.
Reimer asked what happens when people start hanging around vaccine clinics in the event a cancellation opens up.
She says she's not familiar with that situation but says procedures ensure no more than one vial - five to six doses - is opened at the end of the day.
She says she's not familiar with that situation but says procedures ensure no more than one vial - five to six doses - is opened at the end of the day.
Stefanson asked what she thinks of the WRHA board member who travelled to Arizona, as @lrkusch reported today.
She says now is not the time to travel. Says he must isolate upon return.
She also says her govt is not considering rescinding his appointment.
She says now is not the time to travel. Says he must isolate upon return.
She also says her govt is not considering rescinding his appointment.
And that's it for the briefing.
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