Highest daily case total since December
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 30/04/2021 (1962 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Manitoba recorded its highest daily number of new COVID-19 cases since December with 295 cases announced on Friday.
There were 50 new cases in Prairie Mountain Health, also the highest single-day total since December.
Dr. Jazz Atwal said during his Friday COVID-19 media briefing that cases of variants of concern are now making up approximately 50 per cent of Manitoba’s new cases.
Because of this, Manitoba will now treat every positive case of COVID-19 as if it is a variant of concern case.
One additional death linked to COVID-19 was announced on Monday, a man in his 70s in the Winnipeg health region. This death has been linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of the virus.
The province updated its guidelines for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, with anyone aged 30 to 39 now eligible to receive their shot.
In addition, Manitobans who are pregnant, clients of Community Living disABILITY Services, those who work in any health-care setting (including outpatients settings) or work in the provincial vaccine warehouse are now able to book vaccination appointments at super sites and pop-up clinics as of 2 p.m. today.
Read more in Saturday’s edition of the Sun.
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