Top Manitoba health districts by active #COVID19 cases:
1. Island Lake: 266* 2. Seven Oaks: 208 3. Fort Garry: 195 4. River East: 171 5. Downtown Winnipeg: 159 5. St. Vital: 159
* Possibly inflated due to data lag
Bottom line today:
- COVID test volumes and test-positivity remain high
- Case numbers remain high, but did not increase as rapidly this past week as they did in previous three weeks
- COVID hospitalizations are climbing, as expected, after weeks of higher case numbers
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The province is running 11 more "pop-up" vaccine clinics this week.
Arborg (Arborg-Bifrost CC): May 4
Winnipeg (Notre Dame Avenue): May 4-6
The Pas (Roy Johnston Arena): May 5
Beausejour (Brokenhead River RC): May 6
Portage la Prairie (Herman Prior Centre): May 6
Steinbach (Pat Porter Centre): May 6
Eriksdale (Eriksdale RC): May 6
Russell (George Buleziuk Centre): May 6
Swan River (Veterans Hall): May 6
Flin Flon (Community Hall): May 6-7
Pine Falls-Powerview (Ecole Powerview): May 7
Update: The Pallister government says Providence has not been paid.
"Manitoba’s agreement with Providence Therapeutics has not been finalized and, as such, no payments have been made."
"While Providence is the developer of the vaccine, their Canadian partners Northern RNA and Emergent Biosolutions remain an integral part Providence’s vaccine production plans ..."