Record high 249 in hospital, record 5-day test positivity rate of 14.2% http://cbc.ca/1.5806486
Tomorrow will be one week since provincewide 'code red' restrictions were put in effect, initiating a partial lockdown in Manitoba.
Yet, more people have died since last Wednesday (76) than did in the entire first 7½ months of the pandemic combined.
https://twitter.com/CBCManitoba/status/1329135216829542406
Yet, more people have died since last Wednesday (76) than did in the entire first 7½ months of the pandemic combined.
https://twitter.com/CBCManitoba/status/1329135216829542406
Manitoba's cumulative caseload broke the 12,000 mark today.
That's twice what it was 2½ weeks ago.
Put another way, more than half of all cases to date have been identified since the beginning of November.
https://twitter.com/bkives/status/1329131091987410948
That's twice what it was 2½ weeks ago.
Put another way, more than half of all cases to date have been identified since the beginning of November.
https://twitter.com/bkives/status/1329131091987410948
Over 90% of Manitoba COVID-19 deaths have involved people over age 60.
About a third linked to outbreaks at 2 Winnipeg care homes: Maples and Parkview (65 deaths as of yesterday).
3 of 11 deaths announced today linked to Golden Links Lodge outbreak.
https://twitter.com/CBCManitoba/status/1328831043982532608
About a third linked to outbreaks at 2 Winnipeg care homes: Maples and Parkview (65 deaths as of yesterday).
3 of 11 deaths announced today linked to Golden Links Lodge outbreak.
https://twitter.com/CBCManitoba/status/1328831043982532608
Despite misinformation that's begun circulating, Manitoba hospital beds + ICUs continue to fill up.
249 COVID-19 patients in hospital as of today — a record, and 9 higher than yesterday.
40 in ICU.
https://twitter.com/AustinGrabish/status/1328877896941891585
249 COVID-19 patients in hospital as of today — a record, and 9 higher than yesterday.
40 in ICU.
https://twitter.com/AustinGrabish/status/1328877896941891585
Another record day for Manitoba's 5-day provincial test positivity rate: 14.2%
Winnipeg: 13.8%
Numbers may feel cold and impersonal to some at this point.
They're very real to thousands of Manitobans who knew and loved the 190 people who have died.
https://twitter.com/CBCManitoba/status/1329111751493906436
Winnipeg: 13.8%
Numbers may feel cold and impersonal to some at this point.
They're very real to thousands of Manitobans who knew and loved the 190 people who have died.
https://twitter.com/CBCManitoba/status/1329111751493906436